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.
Population over time
6 figuresKibler 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 611 | |
| 1980 | 798 | +187 (+31%) |
| 1990 | 931 | +133 (+17%) |
| 2000 | 969 | +38 (+4%) |
| 2010 | 961 | -8 (-1%) |
| 2020 | 1,005 | +44 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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.
- 1890 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1906 USGS Lavaca quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Lavaca quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Alma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Alma quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Alma quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Alma quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
65 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 1998 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkhola Sand & Gravel Co Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kibler | 1 hurt, $50,000 | Thunderstorm 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 1999 | Lightning | Kibler | 1 hurt | A 39-year old man standing outside near Kibler was injured when lightning struck a nearby tree or the ground. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Kibler | $125,000 | Crawford 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 2025 | Hail | Kibler | $50,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged homes, businesses, and vehicles. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Kibler | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Kibler | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kibler | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew over a travel trailer. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kibler | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree, numerous large tree limbs, and power lines. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kibler | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew large tree limbs down. |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kibler | $100 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Kibler | - | Mays Branch Creek flooded several roads west of Kibler. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Kibler | - | Hammer Road south of Alma was flooded. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kibler | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kibler | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees on the east side of town. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kibler | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew several trees down. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Kibler | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Kibler | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Kibler | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Kibler | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Kibler | - | 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.
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 Kibler | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79623 | 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 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.












