Hindsville, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in North Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72738. It lies near Tater Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hindsville quadrangle. 90 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,368 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresHindsville grew from 75 to 90 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 75 | |
| 2010 | 61 | -14 (-19%) |
| 2020 | 90 | +29 (+48%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1900 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hindsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Hindsville between 1998 and 2017, burning about 172 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 November 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 November 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 November 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hindsville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May A Smith | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hindsville in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 17 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Hindsville | $150,000 | A tornado destroyed a couple outbuildings, damaged the roofs of several homes, uprooted numerous trees, snapped several hardwood trees, and blew down numerous large tree limbs. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Hindsville | $50,000 | Heavy rains caused flooded roads throughout a large part of the county. The rain also damaged the roads. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Hindsville | $25,000 | Ping pong ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Hindsville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Hindsville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Hindsville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hindsville | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped numerous large tree limbs and blew down a few trees. A shed was also destroyed by the wind. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hindsville | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew down trees and blew part of a roof off a restaurant. |
| April 1996 | Hail | Hindsville | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Hindsville | - | Heavy rain caused Glade Creek to flood. Water from the creek was a foot deep on Highway 412. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Hindsville | - | Heavy rain caused water to flow over some secondary roads. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hindsville | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour split several large tree limbs and trees. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hindsville | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down several large tree limbs. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hindsville | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down large trees. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hindsville | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees down onto Highway 45. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Hindsville | - | A severe thunderstorm produced dime size hail 1 mile south of Hindsville. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Hindsville | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Hindsville | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Hindsville | - | no account filed |
| October 2008 | Hail | Hindsville | - | no account filed |
| October 2008 | Hail | Hindsville | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Hindsville | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Hindsville | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Hindsville | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Hindsville | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Hindsville | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hindsville | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Hindsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitener | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Buckeye | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hartwell | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mante (historical) | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cross Roads | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Clifty | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Huntsville | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Roxton | 8.1 miles | 12 |
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 Hindsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2460856 | 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 50141. 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.









