Gillham, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mineral Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71841. The Survey maps it on the Gillham quadrangle. 157 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 758 feet above sea level.
On record in Gillham
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 2 records
Gillham City Jaillisted 2012
Goff and Gamble Merchandise Storelisted 1996
Population over time
2 figuresGillham fell from 160 to 157 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 | 160 | |
| 2020 | 157 | -3 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1913 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Gillham quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
119 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Gillham between 1997 and 2020, burning about 991 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 50 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 | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Gillham: 14 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Antimony, Lead, Zinc, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto | Antimony, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Producer | 1877 | |
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Antimony Bluff Mine | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Black Horse Mine | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Brewer Mine | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Clark Mine | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Hankins Mine | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Harrel Prospect | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Lignitz Mine | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Luttrell Lease | Diatomite | Prospect |
Storms near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gillham in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 15 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 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 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillham | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked some trees down. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillham | - | A tree was blown down along Highway 71 just south of Gillham. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillham | - | An NWS survey team confirmed that a microburst produced a narrow swath of wind damage in the town of Gillham just south of the Kansas City Southern Railway to just east of Highway 71. The damage consisted almost entirely of uprooted hardwood and softwood trees, although a few softwood trees were also snapped. The damage was particularly concentrated just north of and down a hill from Gillham Baptist Church. The damage pattern was almost entirely unidirectional, pointing to the northeast, and even diverged slightly in a couple of places, which strongly indicated straight-line wind damage with estimated winds near 90 mph. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillham | - | Power lines were downed in Gillham. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillham | - | Trees down along Highway 71 in Gillham. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Gillham | - | Quarter size hail fell in the city of Gillham. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Gillham | - | Quarter size hail reported on Lake Road northeast of Gillham. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Gillham | - | Mineral Road near Gillham was flooded and closed. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Gillham | - | Hail fell in Gillham, Arkansas. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Gillham | - | Hail was measured just west of Gilliam along Hwy. 71. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Gillham | - | Nickel and quarter sized hail was reported near Gillham, Arkansas. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillham | - | Trees were blown down across Hwy 71 just south of Gillham. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillham | - | Numerous trees down. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Gillham | - | no account filed |
| February 2012 | Hail | Gillham | - | no account filed |
| January 2010 | Hail | Gillham | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Gillham | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Gillham | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Gillham | - | no account filed |
| November 2001 | Hail | Gillham | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillham | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Flash Flood | Gillham | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillham | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Gillham | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Gillham | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Gillham | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| King | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Antioch (historical) | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Fairview | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Pullman | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cross Trails (historical) | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Red Hill (historical) | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Avon | 6.5 miles | 14 |
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 Gillham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2082067 | 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 77018. 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.







