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.
Population over time
2 figuresBuckner 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 275 | |
| 2020 | 165 | -110 (-40%) |
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
- 1968 USGS Buckner quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Magnolia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
106 since 1997Regional 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/undetermined | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claiborn Group | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Bromine | Past Producer | ||
| Mc Kamie | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stevens Brothers Sand And Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckner | $75,000 | NWS 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckner | $20,000 | Trees were downed and a building was damaged along Hwy. 53 north of Buckner, Arkansas. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckner | $2,000 | Roof damage to two chicken houses. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckner | - | Tree limbs downed and several chicken house were damaged at the intersection of County Road 19 and County Road 21. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Buckner | - | Multiple roads were flooded and impassable in Buckner. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckner | - | A tree was downed along County Road 126 just east of Stamps. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckner | - | A tree was downed blocking Highway 53 north of Buckner. |
| October 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckner | - | A few trees were downed near Cnty Rd 41. |
| May 2001 | Flash Flood | Buckner | - | U.S. Highway 82 flooded and closed. |
| January 1999 | Hail | Buckner | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckner | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Buckner | - | 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.
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 Buckner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79244 | 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 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.






