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Higden, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72067. It lies near Poker Hill. The Survey maps it on the Greers Ferry quadrangle. 114 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 525 feet above sea level.

Higden within Cleburne County

Population over time

2 figures

Higden fell from 120 to 114 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
2010120
2020114-6 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

65 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Higden between 1997 and 2020, burning about 981 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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/incendiarism27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Smoking5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleburne County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Higden: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Hellcat Heights Quarry DivisionStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
Pryor MtnSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cleburne County

Storms near this place

8 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Higden in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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
April 2013Thunderstorm WindHigden$5,000Pine and cedar trees were blown down.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindHigden$500Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHigden-A large tree was blown down near Greers Ferry just past the Narrows Bridge.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindHigden-On Greers Ferry Lake, 40 boats and 4 docks were overturned. Additionally, a tree was blown over onto a nearby home.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHigden-Large pine trees were blown down.
November 2005Tornado (F1)Higden-A weak tornado was spawned in western Cleburne County about 4.3 miles southwest of Higden. The tornado tracked to the northeast, and caused some damage to the roof of a mobile home. Several trees were downed as well. The tornado dissipated 1.6 miles southwest of Higden.
December 2012HailHigden-no account filed
March 1999HailHigden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cleburne 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
Post Oak1.4 miles15
Greers Ferry1.4 miles15
Whispering Springs2.0 miles15
Edgemont2.0 miles15
Lone Pine3.3 miles15
Partain4.2 miles16
Shiloh (historical)4.3 miles15
Budd Creek4.6 miles16

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 HigdenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2602126The 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 50091. 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.