Woodlawn, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Butler Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72007. The Survey maps it on the Wattensaw quadrangle. It stands 249 feet above sea level.
On record in Woodlawn
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
Woodlawn School Buildinglisted 1993
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 14 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.
- 1940 USGS Lonoke quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Lonoke quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Lonoke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Wattensaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Woodlawn between 1998 and 2017, burning about 433 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 127 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodlawn in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodlawn | $10,000 | Many trees were blown down. |
| January 2019 | Lightning | Woodlawn | $1,000 | Lightning struck a house on Bethlehem Rd. causing minor damage. There were no injuries. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Woodlawn | - | Penny sized hail fell near the community of Woodlawn. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Woodlawn | - | Nickel sized hail fell in the community of Woodlawn. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodlawn | - | Trees fell across Highway 236 one mile SSW of Woodlawn, blocking the road. |
| April 2019 | Flash Flood | Woodlawn | - | Sheriff's office reported portions of Highway 31 near Woodlawn are flooded. Additionally, numerous back roads across Lonoke County are inundated at this time. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Woodlawn | - | Highway 31 flooded with swift moving water over the road. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodlawn | - | Trees and power lines blown down. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodlawn | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Woodlawn | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodlawn | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Woodlawn | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodlawn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wattensaw | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Eagle Park (historical) | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Grove | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Carmel Estates | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Springs Estates | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Whispering Pines Addition | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Pine Hill Estates | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Cinnamon Acres | 4.2 miles | 14 |
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 Woodlawn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q928365 | 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 59098. 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.
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.










