Woodson, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Big Rock Township. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woodson quadrangle. 346 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 249 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWoodson fell from 403 to 346 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 | 403 | |
| 2020 | 346 | -57 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Woodson quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Woodson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Woodson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
111 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Woodson between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,445 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 37 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 | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Woodson: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Home Clay | Aluminum | Unknown |
Storms near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodson in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2015: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | Woodson | 1 killed, $3,500,000 | This tornado exited Saline County, southeast of East End, and moved into Pulaski County, southwest of Woodson. Altogether, 75 homes (houses and mobile homes) were damaged or destroyed. This number included 21 homes destroyed, 16 with major damage, 26 with minor damage, and the remainder with only slight damage. Most of these homes were in the Hensley and Woodson areas. One woman was killed when her mobile home was destroyed on West Hensley Rd. Two large, steel, electrical transmission towers were knocked down. The tornado exited Pulaski County, east of Wrightsville, and moved into Lonoke County, just northwest of Keo. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Woodson | $175,000 | This tornado exited Saline County northeast of Lakeside and entered Pulaski County west-northwest of Woodson. In Pulaski County, many trees were blown down, with one of the trees falling on a house. Shingles were blown off a number of houses. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodson | - | Several trees and tree limbs were blown down along Woodson Lateral Road. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodson | - | A tree was down on Arkansas Highway 365. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodson | - | A large tree was reported down on Arkansas Highway 365. |
| October 2004 | Tornado (F2) | Woodson | - | The tornado moved out of Saline County and entered Pulaski County about 1.9 miles west of Woodson. The tornado tracked to the north of Woodson and continued to the northeast before lifting about 8.3 miles east of Wrightsville. Most of the structural damage occurred in the Woodson area where several houses and mobile homes sustained damage. Numerous trees and power lines were downed along the path of the tornado. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodson | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Woodson | - | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Woodson | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Woodson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hensley | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Rottaken | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Wrightsville | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Bingham | 5.1 miles | 22 | |
| Bredlow Corner | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Tafton | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Dickey (historical) | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Wampoo | 6.9 miles | 18 |
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 Woodson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2425117 | 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 56536. 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.










