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Gibson, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Hill Township. It lies near Red Hill. The Survey maps it on the Olmstead quadrangle. 4,111 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 262 feet above sea level.

Gibson within Pulaski County

On record in Gibson

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Gibson grew from 3,543 to 4,111 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
20103,543
20204,111+568 (+16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

16 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Gibson between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,583 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning5
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism2

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
2 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2012Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2012Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2012Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2012Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2012Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 April 1997Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gibson: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold. 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
Julius HessLead, Zinc, Copper, GoldUnknown
Kellog MineLead, Zinc, Copper, GoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

31 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gibson in 31 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 heavy rain, 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
August 2010LightningGibson$150,000Lightning struck a house on Loop Rd. in Sherwood, setting it on fire. The same house had been damaged by a tornado on April 3, 2008.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindGibson$10,000Several trees and large limbs were blown down. One power pole was snapped.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindGibson$10,000Numerous tree limbs were blown down, and shingles were blown off some homes.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGibson-Tree limbs were blown down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGibson-A NWS employee measured a severe wind gust of 60 mph near the community of Gibson.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGibson-Several trees and large limbs blown down along and across Jacksonville/Cato Road. A NWS employee observed a few large oak and pine trees down with a damage pattern consistent of a microburst with estimated winds of 60 mph near the community of Gibson.
March 2024Flash FloodGibson-The remnants of debris was noted in the vicinity of Gibson with debris on the roadway at the intersection of Batesville Pike and the bridge for Kellogg Creek which was evident of the flash flooding that occurred.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindGibson-Several large tree limbs were blown down across roads in the community of Gibson.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGibson-Trees blown down near the town of Gibson.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGibson-Multiple large trees were uprooted, including large limbs snapped near Gibson.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGibson-Two large trees were uprooted, partially blocking Batesville Pike.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindGibson-A tree was downed near Batesville Pike and Watson Rd.
November 2022Thunderstorm WindGibson-Several large tree branches were snapped off.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindGibson-A tree limb was blown down out of a tree.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindGibson-Two trees were downed in Gibson.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindGibson-A large tree limb was blown down. Power outages were noted in the area.
February 2018Heavy RainGibson-This was storm total rainfall for 30 hours ending at midnight on 2/22/18...5.16 inches.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGibson-Large tree limbs were blown down.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGibson-A tree was blown down, along with a few limbs snapped.
February 2017Flash FloodGibson-Street flooding occurred. Almost 3 inches of rain was measured.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindGibson-A tree was reported down near Batesville Pike and Frenchman Mountain Road.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindGibson-Large tree limbs were down near Batesville Pike with one large limb on a home.
August 2014Heavy RainGibson-Rainfall measured 2.32 inches in three-and-a-half hours.
August 2012Heavy RainGibson-Rainfall measured 2.96 inches in 2 hours.
March 2011HailGibson-Some tree branches were knocked down by the hail.
December 2021HailGibson-no account filed
April 2020HailGibson-no account filed
July 2018HailGibson-no account filed
July 2018HailGibson-no account filed
March 2016HailGibson-no account filed
December 2002HailGibson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Gravel Ridge2.6 miles21
Mineral (historical)3.2 miles21
Sylvan Hills3.3 miles21
Autumnbrook3.5 miles21
North Hills Manor3.7 miles21
Western Acres4.1 miles21
Olmstead4.2 miles19
Indian Head Lake Estates4.3 miles21

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 GibsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q522296The 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 77012. 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.