Wilmar, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Saline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71675. The Survey maps it on the Wilmar North quadrangle. 395 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 154 feet above sea level.
On record in Wilmar
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
Saline Cemeterylisted 2011
Population over time
2 figuresWilmar fell from 511 to 395 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 | 511 | |
| 2020 | 395 | -116 (-23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Wilmar North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dumas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
105 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Wilmar between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,162 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 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 | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 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 | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 8.9 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wilmar: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H L Oneill & Son Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilmar in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmar | $75,000 | A number of trees were blown down in and around Wilmar. Some of the trees landed on power lines and roofs of several homes. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmar | $10,000 | A tree fell on a house in Wilmar. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Wilmar | $10,000 | Several county roads outside of Monticello were closed due to high water. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmar | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| January 2008 | Lightning | Wilmar | $2,000 | An electrical transformer was hit by lightning, which caused a fire in the surrounding trees. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmar | $1,000 | A tree was blown down. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Wilmar | - | Half-dollar sized hail fell in the town of Wilmar. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmar | - | A tree limb was blown down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmar | - | Downburst winds up to 60 mph downed some large trees. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmar | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmar | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines. One of the live power lines caused a house fire to ignite. The fire caused major damage to the home. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Wilmar | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Wilmar | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Wilmar | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmar | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Wilmar | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allis | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Barkada | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Tennessee | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Green Hill | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Brandon | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Rose Hill | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bowser (historical) | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| New Hope | 7.3 miles | 9 |
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 Wilmar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79270 | 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 78782. 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.



