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White Hall, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71602. It stands on Caney Bayou Fork. The Survey maps it on the White Hall quadrangle. 5,581 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 282 feet above sea level.

White Hall within Jefferson County

On record in White Hall

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

White Hall grew from 5,526 to 5,581 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.

YearPeople Change
20105,526
20205,581+55 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

95 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of White Hall between 2001 and 2020, burning about 330 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 26 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
Debris and open burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism26
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2005Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of White Hall: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Easton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

35 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Hall in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 17 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020Thunderstorm WindWhite Hall1 killed, $30,000Numerous trees and power lines were down in the area. One fatality occurred after a tree fell on a residence.
August 2012Flash FloodWhite Hall$750,000Numerous streets in Pine Bluff flooded. A couple of cars floated down U.S. 63. Some homes were sandbagged, but at least 10 homes had water in them, as did four businesses and three government buildings. Several high water rescues were necessary. Schools in Pine Bluff dismissed early. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff cancelled afternoon classes. The county judge declared a disaster due to the flooding.
December 2012FloodWhite Hall$50,000Street flooding occurred in the Pine Bluff area.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWhite Hall$50,000Minor damage occurred to several residences and other structures. A small tree was knocked down and blocked traffic. A portion of a tree fell onto a roof, knocking off part of a chimney and ripping a hole nearby. Falling trees also damaged some fences.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindWhite Hall$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindWhite Hall$10,000Trees were blown down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWhite Hall$10,000A tree fell on a mobile home.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindWhite Hall$5,000Trees were blown down onto Interstate 530.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWhite Hall$5,000Trees were blown down at a trailer park.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindWhite Hall$5,000Trees were down in White Hall.
September 2008Flash FloodWhite Hall$5,000Roads were flooded around the Pine Bluff Arsenal.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindWhite Hall$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a sign and power lines.
April 1993Thunderstorm WindWhite Hall$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down some tree limbs and a transformer.
July 2010LightningWhite Hall$3,000Lightning struck a house in White Hall. The alarm system and an air conditioner were damaged.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindWhite Hall$2,000A tree was down on Arkansas Highway 104.
March 2026HailWhite Hall-Quarter-sized hail fell near the town of White Hall.
March 2026HailWhite Hall-Penny sized hail fell near the town of White Hall.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindWhite Hall-Trees were downed in several places in White Hall.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindWhite Hall-A trained storm spotter reported trees and power lines down in White Hall.
June 2019HailWhite Hall-Hail was reported at Hwy. 104 and I-530.
May 2019Flash FloodWhite Hall-Widespread flooding in the city of White Hall was reported, with several roads impassable.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindWhite Hall-Large limb debris was reported on Highway 270 west of White Hall.
December 2016Thunderstorm WindWhite Hall-Trees were blown down.
June 2014Flash FloodWhite Hall-Flooding occurred at Claud Rd. and Boast Rd.
August 2012Heavy RainWhite Hall-Rainfall measured 4.60 inches in 24 hours.
August 2012Heavy RainWhite Hall-Rainfall measured 6.10 inches from 6 AM on the 31st to 6 AM on the 1st.
August 2012Heavy RainWhite Hall-Rainfall measured 5.08 inches in 24 hours.
September 2011HailWhite Hall-Hail ranged from quarter to golf ball size and covered the ground in some areas.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWhite Hall-A storm spotter estimated winds of 60 mph.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWhite Hall-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and limbs at the Pine Bluff Arsenal.
March 2018HailWhite Hall-no account filed
March 2018HailWhite Hall-no account filed
April 2013HailWhite Hall-no account filed
May 2011HailWhite Hall-no account filed
May 2011HailWhite Hall-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Henslee Heights0.9 miles16
Lamb (historical)1.2 miles16
Baldwin1.2 miles16
College Park (historical)1.8 miles16
Plain View2.0 miles16
Oakland Heights2.0 miles14
Leitner2.1 miles16
Donaldsonville2.6 miles14

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 White HallAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79444The 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 58868. 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.