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Kibler, Arkansas

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1987. It stands in District 8. It lies in ZIP code area 72921. It stands on Curry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Alma quadrangle. 1,005 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 436 feet above sea level.

Kibler within Crawford County

Population over time

6 figures

Kibler grew from 611 to 1,005 between 1970 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
1970611
1980798+187 (+31%)
1990931+133 (+17%)
2000969+38 (+4%)
2010961-8 (-1%)
20201,005+44 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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 Kibler between 1997 and 2020, burning about 653 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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
Debris and open burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 1998Debris and open burning50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kibler: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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
Arkhola Sand & Gravel Co QuarryFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

20 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kibler in 20 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
October 1993Thunderstorm WindKibler1 hurt, $50,000Thunderstorm winds completely destroyed a mobile home. A woman and two small children were in the house at the time of the storm. The woman sustained very minor injuries. The occupants ended up approximately 200 feet from the original mobile home site.
April 1999LightningKibler1 hurtA 39-year old man standing outside near Kibler was injured when lightning struck a nearby tree or the ground.
September 2010Flash FloodKibler$125,000Crawford County Emergency Management reported many roads flooded in and around Van Buren, which resulted in numerous swift water rescues. The basement of the courthouse, portions of the police department, and the senior citizen's center were flooded. People were evacuated from several homes threatened by flood waters. At least one bridge was damaged by flooding. The Cedarville Elementary School and library were damaged by flood waters.
May 2025HailKibler$50,000Golf ball size hail damaged homes, businesses, and vehicles.
July 2012HailKibler$10,000no account filed
March 2007HailKibler$10,000no account filed
March 2017Thunderstorm WindKibler$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew over a travel trailer.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindKibler$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree, numerous large tree limbs, and power lines.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindKibler$100Thunderstorm winds blew large tree limbs down.
December 1996Thunderstorm WindKibler$100no account filed
May 2025Flash FloodKibler-Mays Branch Creek flooded several roads west of Kibler.
May 2015Flash FloodKibler-Hammer Road south of Alma was flooded.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindKibler-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindKibler-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees on the east side of town.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindKibler-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew several trees down.
September 2013HailKibler-no account filed
April 2008HailKibler-no account filed
April 2006HailKibler-no account filed
April 2004HailKibler-no account filed
April 2003HailKibler-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Westville1.6 miles28
New Town1.6 miles22
Yoestown2.8 miles22
Catcher2.9 miles28
Cross Lanes3.1 miles22
Concord3.1 miles28
Alma3.3 miles22
Oak Grove3.4 miles28

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 KiblerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79623The 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 77400. 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.