Wooster, Arkansas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Clifton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72058. It stands on Little Greenbrier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenbrier quadrangle. 1,042 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 318 feet above sea level.
On record in Wooster
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
Patton Houselisted 1993
Population over time
2 figuresWooster grew from 860 to 1,042 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 | 860 | |
| 2020 | 1,042 | +182 (+21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Conway quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Greenbrier quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Greenbrier quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
77 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Wooster between 1999 and 2020, burning about 733 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Wooster: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wooster in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 12 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Wooster | $100,000 | This tornado knocked down or snapped numerous trees and a few power lines. Several houses had roof damage from falling trees. One house had a gutter ripped off and one of the eaves damaged by a falling tree. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wooster | $5,000 | Trees were down in Wooster. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Wooster | - | Half dollar sized hail was measured at Wooster. |
| July 2024 | Heavy Rain | Wooster | - | A 24 hour rainfall total of 7.00 inches was estimated at Wooster. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Wooster | - | Quarter sized hail was reported at Wooster. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Wooster | - | Quarter size hail was reported by storm spotters. |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Wooster | - | Rainfall measured 2.20 inches in an hour and 15 minutes. |
| November 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wooster | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Wooster | - | A weak tornado was spawned in western Faulkner County about 2.8 miles south of Wooster. The tornado tracked to the northeast, and caused some roof damage at several homes and also damaged a few mobile homes. Some outbuildings were destroyed, as was a dugout at a junior high school in Greenbrier. Many trees were blown down as well. The tornado dissipated 1.7 miles north-northeast of Greenbrier. |
| November 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wooster | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Wooster | - | A weak tornado touched down briefly in Faulkner County south of Wooster. The first signs of damage were some tops of trees snapped off just west of Highway 25. The tornado increased in intensity as is moved northeastward damaging a home and business just east of the highway. The roof of a storage building was blown off and several small greenhouses were destroyed. A home further to the northeast was damaged, with the front porch torn off and tossed into the backyard. A covered garage was destroyed as well as a nearby building. Several trees in the area were also blown down. The tornado dissipated about 2.5 miles southeast of Wooster. |
| February 2021 | Hail | Wooster | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Wooster | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Wooster | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Wooster | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Wooster | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Wooster | - | no account filed |
| November 2003 | Hail | Wooster | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Wooster | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Wooster | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wooster | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Wooster | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Shady Grove | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Springhill | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Bono | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Old Linder (historical) | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Greenbrier | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Linder | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lakeview Acres | 5.3 miles | 11 |
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 Wooster | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q931860 | 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 78810. 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.








