Banks, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 9. It lies in ZIP code area 71631. The Survey maps it on the Banks quadrangle. 87 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 213 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBanks fell from 124 to 87 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 | 124 | |
| 2020 | 87 | -37 (-30%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Banks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
46 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Banks between 2001 and 2019, burning about 221 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2005 | Natural | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Banks: 11 producers, 2 unknowns. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Banks in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2014: 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Banks | $1,540,000 | Numerous paved and gravel roads washed out and flooded throughout the county. Arkansas Highway 160 at U.S. Highway 63 was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banks | $20,000 | A tree fell on a car on U.S. 278. No one was injured. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banks | $15,000 | Trees were blown down, causing severe damage to a mobile home. There were no injuries. |
| December 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banks | $1,000 | Large limbs were blown down. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banks | - | Trees were down across the area. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banks | - | Some large tree limbs were downed. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banks | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| December 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Banks | - | An F1 tornado touched down 6.5 miles north-northwest of Banks and tracked to the northeast for 3.1 miles before lifting. The tornado caused a small garage to collapse. Several large trees were blown down. One of the trees damaged the roof of a mobile home and another tree collapsed the porch roof of a hunting lodge. There were also quite a few trees that were snapped off. |
| November 2001 | Tornado (F2) | Banks | - | A strong tornado was spawned in northern Bradley County. The tornado first touched down 4 miles east-northeast of Banks and traveled to the northeast. The most severe damage occurred in the McKinney community, or about 7 miles northeast of Banks, where a number of mobile homes were destroyed. Several of these mobile homes were blown completely into pieces, some of which were used for storage. A couple of other houses suffered considerable damage as well. Some barns and sheds were also destroyed. The tornado continued to track into Cleveland County. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Banks | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree onto Highway 8. |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Banks | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Banks | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Banks | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Banks | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Banks | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Banks | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banks | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Banks | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banks | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanark | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Glynn (historical) | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Craney | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Blue Springs (historical) | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lacy (historical) | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Gin (historical) | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cross Roads | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Draper (historical) | 5.7 miles | 13 |
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 Banks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1865174 | 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 46076. 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.






