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Willisville, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Taylor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71864. The Survey maps it on the Willisville quadrangle. 148 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 361 feet above sea level.

Willisville within Nevada County

Population over time

3 figures

Willisville fell from 188 to 148 between 2000 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
2000188
2010152-36 (-19%)
2020148-4 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

89 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Willisville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 715 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined35
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Debris and open burning36 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Willisville: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nevada County

Storms near this place

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willisville in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 12 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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
March 2026Tornado (EF2)Willisville1 hurt, $100,000During the early morning hours on March 7th, a severe thunderstorm produced an EF2 tornado with estimated maximum winds of 125 mph just west of Willisville in Southern Nevada County, Arkansas. This storm also had a history of producing an earlier tornado in East Texas. The first sign of damage from the tornado was seen just south of the intersection of Highway 32 and County Road 9 near a large open field. The tornado brought down multiple large trees before heading northeast through the large open field. On the far northeast corner of the field is where tree damage picked up again, before tracking across Highway 32 just to the west of County Road 17. The more significant damage was found near County Road 122, County Road 17, and County Road 1702, where numerous structures sustained damage. A single wide mobile home was lifted off the rooted foundation and tossed around 100 feet before landing and being completely destroyed. There was one occupant in the residence who walked away from the incident with only minor injuries. It was at this location that the tornado was rated an EF2 with maximum winds of 125 mph. The tornado then went through another grove of trees before crossing County Road 17 just north of County Road 1702 where it destroyed a small garage/storage unit. Damage from this unit was scattered all throughout an open field all the way to County Road 124. It also brought down a number of very large trees as it crossed the road. As the tornado crossed over County Road 124, it appeared to have started to lift, as damage was more sporadic in a wide open field. The adjacent tree line at the end of the field along the path of the tornado had a few trees down, but there was no clear indication that the tornado remained on the ground beyond this point.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindWillisville$50,000Thunderstorm winds blew trees down and damaged a chicken house.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindWillisville$40,000A tree fell on top of a house approximately 4 miles south of Rosston, Arkansas on U.S. Hwy 371.
September 1996Tornado (F1)Willisville$25,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindWillisville$500Thunderstorm winds downed some tree limbs.
April 2019HailWillisville-Penny size hail fell in the Willisville community.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWillisville-Several trees were blown down blocking several roads in Southern Nevada County.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWillisville-Several trees were downed in Willisville, Arkansas.
February 2013HailWillisville-Hail fell in Willisville, Arkansas.
March 2008Funnel CloudWillisville-Funnel cloud reported between the communities of Willisville and Bodcaw, Arkansas.
April 2004HailWillisville-Hail covered the ground along Hwy 32.
May 2003HailWillisville-Numerous car windows were broken.
January 1998HailWillisville-50 mph winds also reported.
February 1995HailWillisville-Dime-sized hail covered the ground.
May 1994HailWillisville-A funnel cloud was sighted at Waterloo.
April 1994HailWillisville-Thunderstorm winds downed many trees.
March 2008HailWillisville-no account filed
May 2008HailWillisville-no account filed
January 1999HailWillisville-no account filed
April 1994HailWillisville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nevada 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
Irma2.8 miles15
Delta3.2 miles13
Waterloo3.3 miles16
Sanders4.0 miles13
Stockton4.7 miles13
Davidson5.2 miles13
Brisbane (historical)5.3 miles15
Rosston5.3 miles15

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 WillisvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2580619The 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 56411. 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.