West Crossett, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Egypt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71635. The Survey maps it on the Crossett North quadrangle. 1,144 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 151 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWest Crossett fell from 1,256 to 1,144 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,256 | |
| 2020 | 1,144 | -112 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Crossett North quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Hamburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
121 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of West Crossett between 1994 and 2020, burning about 630 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 29 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge | OFFICE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of West Crossett: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| St.Francis S&G Co. Crossett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Crossett in 18 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | West Crossett | $200,000 | More heavy rainfall on the 13th caused significant flooding across a large portion of Ashley County. Numerous roads were under water and closed. Crops across the region were damaged as well from all of the rain and saturated conditions. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Crossett | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees. It was estimated that between 50 and 100 trees were taken down by the strong winds. Most of the trees were located on property owned by a forest company. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F1) | West Crossett | $30,000 | This tornado moved into Ashley county from Bradley county. The tornado was just W of Lake Georgia Pacific and only snapped and downed numerous trees. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | West Crossett | $25,000 | Section of Marias Saline Road washed away. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Crossett | $5,000 | A couple of trees were blown down. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Crossett | $4,000 | Several trees were blown down and resulted in power outages near West Crossett. |
| March 2025 | Hail | West Crossett | $3,000 | Quarter to half dollar sized hail fell in and around Crossett. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Crossett | $3,000 | A tree was blown down on Maris Saline Rd. |
| February 2009 | Hail | West Crossett | $3,000 | A second supercell thunderstorm also moved across all of central Ashley County and produced a swath of quarter to ping pong ball sized hail. |
| February 2009 | Hail | West Crossett | $2,000 | A 3rd supercell thunderstorm moved across a large portion of Ashley County and produced a swath of quarter to half dollar sized hail. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Crossett | $1,000 | A pine tree snapped and other large limbs were blown down. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Crossett | - | Emergency management reported a transformer that was damaged due to winds. This caused power outages for a few hours for parts of W Crossett. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Crossett | - | A tree was blown down on Stevens Road. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Crossett | - | A few trees were blown down west of Crossett. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Crossett | - | A couple of trees were blown down in the area. |
| May 2010 | Hail | West Crossett | - | no account filed |
| February 2008 | Hail | West Crossett | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | West Crossett | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cremer | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Oakhurst Addition | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Crossett | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Forest Park Addition | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Brushy (historical) | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| South Crossett | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| North Crossett | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Whitlow Junction | 4.3 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on West Crossett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2508261 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58849. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




