Lead Hill, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sugar Loaf Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72644. It lies near Terrapin Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Diamond City quadrangle. 274 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 853 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLead Hill grew from 271 to 274 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 271 | |
| 2020 | 274 | +3 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1893 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1929 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 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
- 1972 USGS Diamond City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
51 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Lead Hill between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,191 acres in total. None started naturally. 32 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 | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 37 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 115 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | PRIEST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Lead Hill: 3 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Bailey Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Black Bear Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Max Black Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Onwata 1 & 2 7ines | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Rock & Ore Prospect | Lead | Prospect | ||
| Roy Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
35 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lead Hill in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 16 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Lead Hill | 26 hurt | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lead Hill | $75,000 | Trees and large limbs were down. Shingles were off of houses and a few barns were damaged. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lead Hill | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a house. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lead Hill | $5,000 | The roof was blown off of a barn. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lead Hill | $1,000 | A large tree was down across Arkansas Highway 7. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | South Lead Hill | - | High water was covering portions of Highway 7 near Willis. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lead Hill | - | Trees were reported down in Lead Hill. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Lead Hill | - | Half dollar size hail was reported west of Lead Hill. Report was delayed. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lead Hill | - | Hail the size of quarters fell for several minutes on Arkansas 7 south of Diamond City. |
| April 2011 | Heavy Rain | Lead Hill | - | The reporting station at Lead Hill recorded its wettest April ever. |
| October 2009 | Heavy Rain | Lead Hill | - | In Lead Hill, it was the wettest October ever recorded. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lead Hill | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported at the horse arena. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lead Hill | - | Private boat docks were torn loose from their moorings near Tucker Hollow Marina. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lead Hill | - | Several boats became untied at a local marina. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lead Hill | - | Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 mph and knocked down some large tree limbs in the Diamond City area. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lead Hill | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Lead Hill | - | A weak tornado affected the Diamond City area of Boone County...or about 3 miles north of Lead Hill. The tornado caused mostly tree damage as it moved through town, with a couple of trees falling on power and phone lines. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lead Hill | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| March 1993 | Hail | Lead Hill | - | Hen egg-size hail covered the ground at Lead Hill. |
| March 1993 | Hail | Lead Hill | - | Hen egg-size hail covered the ground at Lead Hill. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Lead Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lead Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Lead Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lead Hill | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Lead Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Lead Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Lead Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lead Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Lead Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Lead Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lead Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lead Hill | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lead Hill | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Lead Hill | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Waterspout | Lead Hill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Lead Hill | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Sycamore | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Diamond City | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Winington | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Willis | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Boone | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lowry | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bellville | 8.3 miles | 13 |
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 Lead Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2054211 | 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 58050. 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.











