King, 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.
On record in King
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 1 record
King Schoolhouselisted 1996
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
130 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of King between 1997 and 2020, burning about 995 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 61 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 | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| 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 |
| 6 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of King: 21 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Mine | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Otto | Antimony, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Producer | 1877 | |
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names King in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | King | $25,000 | Early on the morning of March 11th, a line of severe thunderstorms moved into Sevier County, Arkansas. The line of thunderstorms produced a brief EF1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 95 mph just east of U.S. Highway 71 southeast of Gillham. As the tornado touched down east of the highway, it damaged several large barns before it then snapped several hardwood trees in a downstream field. The tornado then crossed Kind Road where multiple trees were snapped and uprooted. As the tornado moved east of Kind Road, it damaged several more trees before quickly lifting. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | King | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| May 1994 | Hail | King | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gillham | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Pullman | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Fairview | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Mineral | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Antioch (historical) | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cross Trails (historical) | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Red Hill (historical) | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Avon | 4.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77405. 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.







