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Wrightsville, 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 Cane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woodson quadrangle. 1,542 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 256 feet above sea level.

Wrightsville within Pulaski County

Population over time

2 figures

Wrightsville fell from 2,114 to 1,542 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,114
20201,542-572 (-27%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

118 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Wrightsville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,486 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 29 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 burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Arson/incendiarism29
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2016Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Wrightsville: 24 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Sweet Home Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Birnbach DepositAluminumUnknown
Brown DepositAluminumUnknown
Cheatham DepositAluminumUnknown
Coe DepositAluminumUnknown
Cole DepositAluminumUnknown
Concentration PlantAluminumUnknown
Dreher DepositAluminumUnknown
Dreher-Junkin-HerrodAluminumUnknown
Finnegan DepositAluminumUnknown

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wrightsville in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death and 8 injuries. 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 2012Flash FloodWrightsville1 killed, $350,000Numerous roads in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Sherwood, Jacksonville, and unincorporated areas of Pulaski County were flooded. Water entered some houses and garages on Stagecoach Rd. in Little Rock. In Little Rock's Boyle Park, the body of a 46 year-old woman was found in Rock Creek near the low-water bridge on the evening of the 21st. She had apparently been in the water since earlier in the day. The circumstances of how she ended up in the creek were unknown, but she had apparently been on foot. The state medical examiner ruled that drowning was the cause of death.
February 2001Tornado (F2)Wrightsville8 hurtA strong tornado moved from southeast Saline County into southwest Pulaski County about 7.5 miles west of Wrightsville. The tornado moved quickly northeast, and closely followed the track of a violent tornado on March 1, 1997. In fact, a few homes and buildings that were rebuilt after the March 1st event were destroyed during this latest event. The tornado affected much of southern Pulaski County, including the Sweet Home and College Station communities. Several houses and mobile homes were damaged or destroyed, including a church. Eight people suffered minor injuries. Trees and power lines were also downed. The tornado was on the ground about 12.3 miles before dissipating about 5.5 miles east of Little Rock.
March 2012FloodWrightsville$10,000Flash flooding earlier in the day became widespread areal flooding, with many creeks out of their banks.
November 1994HailWrightsville$5,000Several vehicles had windows broken out by large hail.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindWrightsville-Thunderstorm winds downed some large trees.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindWrightsville-Thunderstorm winds caused some roof damage at the prison in Wrightsville.
February 2000Tornado (F0)Wrightsville-A weak tornado touched down briefly in the Wrightsville area of Pulaski County. The tornado crossed Arkansas Highway 365 and tore the tops out of a number of pine trees. A few trees were uprooted, with part of a tree falling on a car. Also, some roofs suffered damage from fallen trees. Other roofs had shingles removed, with a shed damaged as well.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindWrightsville-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and blew shingles off some houses.
March 2018HailWrightsville-no account filed
April 2014HailWrightsville-no account filed
March 2011HailWrightsville-no account filed
March 2011HailWrightsville-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindWrightsville-no account filed
February 2000HailWrightsville-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWrightsville-no account filed
May 1999HailWrightsville-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindWrightsville-no account filed
July 1995HailWrightsville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Tafton1.2 miles18
Rottaken2.0 miles18
Bingham3.2 miles22
Higgins3.5 miles23
Ironton3.8 miles26
Dickey (historical)4.5 miles18
Woodson5.1 miles18
Woodyardville5.2 miles26

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 WrightsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79512The 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 56563. 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.