Kingston, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in South Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72740. It stands on Maxwell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kingston quadrangle. 97 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,365 feet above sea level.
On record in Kingston
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 2 records
Bank of Kingstonlisted 1982
Bunch Storelisted 1999
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 12 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
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Kingston quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Kingston between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,745 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | MAD14293469 |
| 4 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 April 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 63 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kingston: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.F.Hodges Property | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Fannie A Young | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingston in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 13 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 3 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Kingston | $25,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Kingston | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a barn, and snapped large tree limbs. |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a few trees and numerous large tree limbs. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Kingston | - | Locally heavy rainfall resulted in flooding of county roads south of Kingston. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Kingston | - | Locally heavy rain resulted in excessive runoff and caused a river to flow out of its banks around Kingston. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few large trees. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down. |
| December 2001 | Flash Flood | Kingston | - | Heavy thunderstorm rains caused water to flow over a county road five miles south of Kingston. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Kingston | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Kingston | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Kingston | - | no account filed |
| February 2012 | Hail | Kingston | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Kingston | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Kingston | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Kingston | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Kingston | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Kingston | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loy | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Purdy | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Wharton | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Weathers | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Truth (historical) | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Reynolds | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Marble | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Townsley (historical) | 8.7 miles | 9 |
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 Kingston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6413422 | 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 50874. 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.









