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De Queen, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in De Queen East Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71832. It stands on Little Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the De Queen quadrangle. 6,105 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 420 feet above sea level.

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De Queen within Sevier County

On record in De Queen

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

De Queen grew from 1,200 to 6,105 between 1900 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
19001,200
20206,105

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

77 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of De Queen between 1997 and 2020, burning about 212 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 30 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
Arson/incendiarism30
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sevier County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of De Queen: 23 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Calcium, Copper, 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
Davis MineCopper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
No NameCalciumPast Producer
Petty ProspectDiatomiteProspect
Rolling Fork Pit & PlantFlagstoneProducer
Dequeen Sand & Gravel CoSand 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, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Sevier County

Storms near this place

60 of 97 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names De Queen in 97 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 58 thunderstorm wind, 29 hail, 6 flash flood, 3 lightning. 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
September 2000Thunderstorm WindDe Queen$2,000,000Numerous trees and power lines down. Twenty eight (28) homes damaged. A chicken house was destroyed and 30 thousand chickens were contaminated resulting in their destruction.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindDe Queen$200,000Widespread wind damage was reported in Sevier County, Arkansas as well as in the city of DeQueen, Arkansas. Some damage was reported to homes, mainly from fallen trees. Numerous other trees were snapped and uprooted across the county as well.
August 2010LightningDe Queen$100,000Fire destroyed a home on Mountain View Road near De Queen Lake in De Queen, Ark., Monday evening. It was determined that the fire was started by a lightning strike from thunderstorms in the evening. There were no injuries reported from the fire but the house was a total loss.
August 2008LightningDe Queen$40,000Lightning struck the fire department's radio tower in De Queen, Arkansas. The electricity from the strike followed the wiring into the wall resulting in a fire inside the local fire department. Moderate damage was reported.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindDe Queen$22,000Trees downed in town and minor roof damage as well. A tree also fell on top of an automobile. No reports of injuries.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindDe Queen$5,000Estimated wind gust by a Trained Spotter in DeQueen, Arkansas. A large tree fell on Courthouse causing minor damage.
April 1996LightningDe Queen$5,000no account filed
September 2025Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Trees were blown down on East Red Bridge Road just to the southeast of Highway 41.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Trees were blown down on Johnson Bridge Road just off of Highway 70 W just west of De Queen.
March 2023HailDe Queen-Penny size hail reported via m-PING.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Several trees and power lines downed in and around De Queen.
March 2023HailDe Queen-Nickel size hail reported via social media.
June 2023HailDe Queen-Quarter size hail reported at the Sevier County Sheriff's Office in De Queen.
September 2023HailDe Queen-Quarter size hail reported along Collin Raye Drive in De Queen.
June 2022HailDe Queen-Penny size hail fell across the northern sections of De Queen.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-A 60 mph wind gust was estimated in De Queen.
April 2021HailDe Queen-Quarter size hail fell on the southeast side of De Queen.
May 2021HailDe Queen-Quarter size hail fell in De Queen. Report from mPING.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-A large limb fell from a tree, which broke a window of a home in De Queen.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-A tree was blown down onto a home on Vandervoort Avenue.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-The EZ Mart at the intersection of Highways 70 and 71 had the gas pump awning torn off and destroyed.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-A tree was blown down along Highway 71 near De Queen.
April 2020HailDe Queen-Quarter size hail fell in De Queen.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Power lines were downed in De Queen.
March 2019Flash FloodDe Queen-High water across Circle Drive. Three inches of rain was measured by the public and reported via social media.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Trees were downed in De Queen.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Trees were blown down in De Queen.
February 2018Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-A tree fell on a car in Northwest Dequeen. The Dequeen Helms Sevier County Airport recorded a wind gusts to 44 mph at 510 pm.
February 2018Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-A tree was blown down on Vandervoort Drive in Dequeen.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Several trees were downed on North 9th Street in DeQueen.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-A large tree fell onto a power line in De Queen, resulting in a power outage to several homes in the city.
April 2016HailDe Queen-Hail slightly larger than golfballs fell in Dequeen.
April 2016HailDe Queen-Golfball size hail fell in Dequeen.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Numerous trees were blown down in Dequeen.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to be near 70 mph. Several trees were downed inside De Queen, Arkansas.
January 2015Flash FloodDe Queen-High water closed many city streets in De Queen, Arkansas.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Trees were downed across the county.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Trees were downed by old Hwy. 70E and Old Dierks Highway.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-A trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts in De Queen, Arkansas.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Several trees were downed across Hwy. 70, 41 South and 24.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-A tree was downed in De Queen, Arkansas.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Gust was estimated by a Trained Spotter in De Queen, Arkansas.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Trees were downed across many roads in and around De Queen, Arkansas.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Powerlines were downed and trees uprooted on Crosstrails Road.
April 2014HailDe Queen-Hail was reported just west of De Queen, Arkansas.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-A few trees were downed just west of De Queen, Arkansas.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Numerous trees were reported down across the entire county.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Six to seven trees were downed on the west side of Dequeen, Arkansas.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Numerous trees and powerlines were downed throughout the entire county.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Winds estimated by a trained spotter in DeQueen, Arkansas.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-A large tree was downed blocking Gilson Avenue. Several other trees were also reported down across the county.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Trees were downed in the city of De Queen, Arkansas.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-A measured 58 mph wind gust was recorded at the Dequeen, Arkansas ASOS located at the Dequeen Airport.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Several trees were downed at FM. 329.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-A tree was blown down onto a utility pole which caught on fire.
July 2010HailDe Queen-Hail report came from the general public near a grocery store.
May 2009Flash FloodDe Queen-A few roads were underwater across the southern portion of the county.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Trees were downed in town.
June 2008HailDe Queen-Hail was reported at a convenience store on the west side of town.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindDe Queen-Trees were downed on Red Bridge Road.

Every storm recorded in Sevier 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
Process City1.7 miles14
Union1.9 miles14
Avon2.7 miles14
Chapel Hill2.9 miles15
Oak Grove4.0 miles15
Wade4.3 miles11
Cross Trails (historical)4.5 miles14
Red Wing5.2 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 De QueenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79410The 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 66997. 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.