BlockGillett, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Stanley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72055. The Survey maps it on the Gillett quadrangle. 564 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 184 feet above sea level.
On record in Gillett
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 3 records
Arkansas Post National MemorialNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
A.M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump #2 Enginelisted 2010
Gillett Jail, Oldlisted 2007
Population over time
2 figuresGillett fell from 691 to 564 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 | 691 | |
| 2020 | 564 | -127 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1935 USGS Gillett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Gillett quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Gillett between 1999 and 2004, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
38 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gillett in 38 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 5 tornado, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Flood | Gillett | $500,000 | Moderate flooding at the Pendleton stream gage on the Arkansas River occurred for over three days. The crest in April was higher than the March crest, primarily due to the high Mississippi River stages. Property within the levee system, such as hunting and fishing camps, was flooded. The combined lower Arkansas, White, and Mississippi River floodplain contains some exclusive hunting camps and all were flooded by the three rivers within the vast expanse of floodplain. The crest at Pendleton was the highest since May, 1990, and the fourth highest of record. |
| February 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Gillett | $100,000 | The tornado moved from Desha County into Arkansas County about 8.3 miles south-southeast of Gillett. A few homes sustained minor damage, along with several camping trailers. Several sheds and outbuildings were destroyed. A mobile home and several metal shop buildings were also damaged. A number of trees and power lines were also blown down. The tornado eventually dissipated about 6.2 miles south-southeast of Tichnor. |
| July 2011 | Lightning | Gillett | $50,000 | Lightning struck two houses in Gillett, starting fires. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | $50,000 | Trees, power lines, and power poles were blown down. Some houses suffered roof damage. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | $30,000 | Trees were blown down, with some of the trees falling on a house. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | $25,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. Gillett had no electricity. |
| March 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | $20,000 | A shed was blown across a field, a mobile home lost siding, some homes lost shingles, and several trees were uprooted. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | $15,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in the Gillett area. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Gillett | $10,000 | Two to three inches of rain caused some street flooding in Gillett. Up to 5 inches of rain fell just southwest of town. |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Gillett | $10,000 | no account filed |
| November 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Gillett | $5,000 | A small F0 tornado touched down four miles east of Gillett. The tornado was only on the ground a few minutes before it dissipated. The only damage that occurred was that a few road signs were blown down. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Gillett | $3,000 | Golf ball to tennis ball size hail knocked holes in the vinyl siding of a house. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | $2,000 | A couple of power poles were blown down around Gillett. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | - | A 61 mph wind gust was measured from a personal weather station near Gillett. |
| September 2007 | Flash Flood | Gillett | - | Water was over several roads in the Gillett area. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | - | Large tree limbs blown down. |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Gillett | - | A weak tornado touched down in Arkansas County, roughly 2.8 miles north-northeast of Gillett. Winds were estimated to be 90 mph. The tornado destroyed an old barn, estimated to be at least 100 years old. One outbuilding was destroyed and several others were damaged. Tin was blown off some barn roofs and a few houses had shingles torn off. Hundreds of trees were knocked down or broken off. A few power poles were also knocked down. The tornado dissipated about 5.5 miles southeast of Ethel, near Bear Lake in the White River National Wildlife Refuge. |
| September 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Gillett | - | A weak tornado was spawned in southern Arkansas County roughly 8.5 miles south of Gillett. The tornado moved to the northwest around the remnants of Hurricane Rita. Estimated winds with the tornado were about 60 mph. The tornado caused mostly tree damage in areas close to the Arkansas River levee. The tornado was on the ground for 7 miles before tracking into Jefferson County. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some power lines. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Gillett | - | A weak tornado touched down over southern Arkansas County and tracked eastward for about 2.9 miles before dissipating. The tornado tracked from west to east just to the north of Highway 144 south of Gillett. The tops of several trees were snapped off along the first mile of the tornado track. Several farm sheds and a utility shed were damaged near the intersection of Highway 144 and U.S. Highway 165. Several large trees were also blown down along with minor roof damage to a house. Just to the east of U.S. Highway 165, another house was damaged and two nearby storage buildings were destroyed. Some trees were blown down, along with several downed power poles. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a power pole. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roofs of a couple of buildings. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Gillett | - | Hail up to quarter size damaged some crops. |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Hail | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Hail | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Hail | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Gillett | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffo (historical) | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Fish Dock (historical) | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hyden | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Tichnor | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mayview | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Arkansas (historical) | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Arkansas Post | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Deluce | 9.3 miles | 15 |
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 Gillett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79510 | 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 77017. 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.
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.