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.
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.
Arkansas Ordnance Plant Guard Houselisted 2006 · 1.0 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresGibson 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,543 | |
| 2020 | 4,111 | +568 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Olmstead quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Olmstead quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Olmstead quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Olmstead quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1997Regional 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julius Hess | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Kellog Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Unknown |
Storms near this place
31 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Lightning | Gibson | $150,000 | Lightning 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibson | $10,000 | Several trees and large limbs were blown down. One power pole was snapped. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibson | $10,000 | Numerous tree limbs were blown down, and shingles were blown off some homes. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibson | - | Tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibson | - | A NWS employee measured a severe wind gust of 60 mph near the community of Gibson. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibson | - | 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 2024 | Flash Flood | Gibson | - | 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibson | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down across roads in the community of Gibson. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibson | - | Trees blown down near the town of Gibson. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibson | - | Multiple large trees were uprooted, including large limbs snapped near Gibson. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibson | - | Two large trees were uprooted, partially blocking Batesville Pike. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibson | - | A tree was downed near Batesville Pike and Watson Rd. |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibson | - | Several large tree branches were snapped off. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibson | - | A tree limb was blown down out of a tree. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibson | - | Two trees were downed in Gibson. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibson | - | A large tree limb was blown down. Power outages were noted in the area. |
| February 2018 | Heavy Rain | Gibson | - | This was storm total rainfall for 30 hours ending at midnight on 2/22/18...5.16 inches. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibson | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibson | - | A tree was blown down, along with a few limbs snapped. |
| February 2017 | Flash Flood | Gibson | - | Street flooding occurred. Almost 3 inches of rain was measured. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibson | - | A tree was reported down near Batesville Pike and Frenchman Mountain Road. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibson | - | Large tree limbs were down near Batesville Pike with one large limb on a home. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Gibson | - | Rainfall measured 2.32 inches in three-and-a-half hours. |
| August 2012 | Heavy Rain | Gibson | - | Rainfall measured 2.96 inches in 2 hours. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Gibson | - | Some tree branches were knocked down by the hail. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Gibson | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Gibson | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Gibson | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Gibson | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Gibson | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Hail | Gibson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Ridge | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Mineral (historical) | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Sylvan Hills | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Autumnbrook | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| North Hills Manor | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Western Acres | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Olmstead | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Indian Head Lake Estates | 4.3 miles | 21 |
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 Gibson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q522296 | 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 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.











