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Yellville, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72687. It stands on East Prong Town Branch. The Survey maps it on the Yellville quadrangle. 1,178 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 627 feet above sea level.

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Yellville within Marion County

On record in Yellville

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 9 records

Population over time

2 figures

Yellville fell from 1,204 to 1,178 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
20101,204
20201,178-26 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

73 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Yellville between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,422 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism23
Debris and open burning19
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 May 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 May 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Yellville: 17 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. 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
Jefferson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownZinc, LeadUnknown
UnknownZinc, LeadUnknown
Climax MineLead, ZincUnknown
Great Eastern ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Phillips MineLead, ZincUnknown
Willett MineLead, ZincUnknown
Lead DriftLead, ZincUnknown
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

54 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yellville in 54 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 25 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 lightning. The reports record 6 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
April 1996Tornado (F2)Yellville6 hurt, $1,000,000no account filed
January 2020Thunderstorm WindYellville$50,000Several trees and power lines were blown and some were on homes and vehicles. Several outbuildings were also damaged.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindYellville$25,000Several large trees were blown down, with one of the trees landing on a house.
June 2007LightningYellville$25,000Lightning struck the county courthouse. There was damage to the outside of the building, as well as several computers inside the courthouse.
April 2025HailYellville-Ping-pong ball-sized hail fell in the town of Yellville, report via MPing.
July 2024Flash FloodYellville-High, fast moving water flowed over the Arkansas Highway 14 bridge over Town Branch which is a tributary of Crooked Creek in Yellville.
July 2024Flash FloodYellville-In Yellville, the Marion County courthouse was flooded. In the vicinity of Flippin, several residents were evacuated due to water enter homes.
July 2024Flash FloodYellville-Creekside Nursing Home/Rehabilitation Center was evacuated due to water that was rising to a height as high as the bed sides of many residents.
March 2017HailYellville-Pea to nickel sized hail covered the ground.
March 2017HailYellville-Pea to nickel sized hail covered the ground in the area.
March 2008Flash FloodYellville-Flash flooding was reported on roads across the county.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindYellville-Limbs were blown down at several locations in Yellville.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindYellville-Trees down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindYellville-Thunderstorm winds downed trees near the high school, with roof damage at a nearby home.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindYellville-Trees and power lines were knocked down.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindYellville-Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees. The porch and roof of a nearby home sustained minor damage.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindYellville-Thunderstorm winds damaged the roofs of a few buildings in Yellville.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindYellville-Several trees were blown down.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindYellville-Several trees were blown down.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindYellville-Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindYellville-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
May 2020HailYellville-no account filed
June 2018HailYellville-no account filed
March 2017HailYellville-no account filed
March 2015HailYellville-no account filed
June 2007HailYellville-no account filed
April 2006HailYellville-no account filed
April 2006HailYellville-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
April 2003HailYellville-no account filed
April 2003HailYellville-no account filed
April 2003HailYellville-no account filed
April 2003HailYellville-no account filed
February 2001Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
April 2001HailYellville-no account filed
April 2001HailYellville-no account filed
January 2000Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
May 2000HailYellville-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
July 1998LightningYellville-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
March 1997HailYellville-no account filed
July 1996HailYellville-no account filed
April 1996HailYellville-no account filed
March 1996HailYellville-no account filed
March 1996HailYellville-no account filed
April 1995HailYellville-no account filed
July 1994HailYellville-no account filed
March 1993HailYellville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Summit1.8 miles17
Ralph3.8 miles16
Cowan4.1 miles16
Turkey4.4 miles16
Georges Creek4.4 miles15
Big Springs (historical)4.4 miles16
Comal4.7 miles16
Flippin5.9 miles18

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 YellvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79465The 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 78820. 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.