Gilbert, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Tomahawk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72675. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marshall quadrangle. 26 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 594 feet above sea level.
On record in Gilbert
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
Mays General Storelisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresGilbert fell from 28 to 26 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 | 28 | |
| 2020 | 26 | -2 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Gilbert between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,230 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 59 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/incendiarism | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Buffalo National River | DUFFER |
| 20 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Buffalo National River | SAPLING |
| 31 July 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Buffalo National River | NORTHSIDE |
| 6 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Buffalo National River | UNDERGROUND WF |
| 28 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Buffalo National River | DRIFTPILE1 |
| 28 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Buffalo National River | DRIFTPILE2 |
| 26 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Buffalo National River | SAND HOLE ROAD |
| 25 May 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Buffalo National River | AMPITHEATR |
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 Gilbert: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo River Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mud Hollow | Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilbert in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2015: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilbert | $1,000 | Large limbs were blown down. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Gilbert | - | The Buffalo River at St. Joe rose above flood stage during the morning hours of the 11th, falling back below flood stage late that evening. |
| July 2009 | Heavy Rain | Gilbert | - | Gilbert broke the record for the greatest rainfall ever recorded in the month of July. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Gilbert | - | The Arkansas Highway 333 bridge near Gilbert was flooded. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilbert | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Gilbert | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilbert | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Gilbert | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Hill | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Duff | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Zack | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Baker Hollow | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Push | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Zeb (historical) | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Buroak | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Lebanon (historical) | 4.9 miles | 17 |
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 Gilbert | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2673312 | 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 49404. 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.









