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Buckner, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hadley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71827. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buckner quadrangle. 165 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 292 feet above sea level.

Buckner within Lafayette County

Population over time

2 figures

Buckner fell from 275 to 165 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
2010275
2020165-110 (-40%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

106 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Buckner between 1997 and 2019, burning about 438 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined36
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism19
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural6
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
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lafayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Buckner: 32 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Bromine. 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
Claiborn GroupClayUnknown
UnkBrominePast Producer
Mc KamieSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stevens Brothers Sand And GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lafayette County

Storms near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buckner in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2009Thunderstorm WindBuckner$75,000NWS storm survey determined that a downburst occurred north of Buckner, Arkansas, and produced widespread wind damage over a concentrated area. Two chicken houses were severely damaged on the north side of County Road 31 and Hwy. 53. Nine trees were uprooted across Hwy. 53 and a passenger vehicle was struck by one of the fallen trees which trapped the occupants inside. There were no report of any injuries.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindBuckner$20,000Trees were downed and a building was damaged along Hwy. 53 north of Buckner, Arkansas.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindBuckner$2,000Roof damage to two chicken houses.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindBuckner-Tree limbs downed and several chicken house were damaged at the intersection of County Road 19 and County Road 21.
July 2023Flash FloodBuckner-Multiple roads were flooded and impassable in Buckner.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBuckner-A tree was downed along County Road 126 just east of Stamps.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindBuckner-A tree was downed blocking Highway 53 north of Buckner.
October 2005Thunderstorm WindBuckner-A few trees were downed near Cnty Rd 41.
May 2001Flash FloodBuckner-U.S. Highway 82 flooded and closed.
January 1999HailBuckner-no account filed
January 1998Thunderstorm WindBuckner-no account filed
April 1994HailBuckner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lafayette 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
Apalco1.3 miles12
Shiloh2.4 miles12
Stamps3.2 miles12
McKamie7.1 miles12
Lewisville7.5 miles16
Old Town7.6 miles14
Lerch7.8 miles12
Baker9.4 miles14

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 BucknerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79244The 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 47147. 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.