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Pangburn, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72121. It stands on Big Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pangburn quadrangle. 500 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 348 feet above sea level.

Pangburn within White County

On record in Pangburn

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 12 records

Population over time

3 figures

Pangburn fell from 654 to 500 between 2000 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
2000654
2010601-53 (-8%)
2020500-101 (-17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

79 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Pangburn between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,313 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 24 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 burning29
Arson/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionWHI17514057
23 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pangburn: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in White County

Storms near this place

43 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pangburn in 43 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 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
July 1996LightningPangburn2 hurtno account filed
April 2013LightningPangburn$100,000Lightning set fire to a house, burning it to the ground. Three all-terrain vehicles were also destroyed.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindPangburn$60,000Trees fell on two mobile homes on First St., and a transformer fell onto Austin St.
June 2014Flash FloodPangburn$50,000Rainfall measured 7.13 inches at Georgetown, 4.50 inches at Bradford and Griffithville, and 3.50 inches at Steprock. Roads and farm fields were flooded.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindPangburn$20,000Arkansas Highway 16 was closed due to power lines across the road.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindPangburn$20,000Numerous trees were blown down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPangburn$15,000A tree was down on a house.
June 2014FloodPangburn$10,000Due to the excessive rain on the morning of the 29th, some roads and fields remained flooded into July.
July 2014FloodPangburn$10,000Due to excessive rain on the morning of June 29th, some roads and fields remained flooded into July.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindPangburn$7,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPangburn-Multiple powerlines and tree limbs were blown down in Pangburn.
October 2022HailPangburn-A picture on twitter showed ping pong ball sized hail.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindPangburn-Power poles were blown down at Pangburn.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindPangburn-Trees were blown down on Hwy 16.
May 2009HailPangburn-Dime to penny size hail occurred in Pangburn.
August 2009Flash FloodPangburn-Flooding occurred on Arkansas Highway 16.
August 2006Flash FloodPangburn-Heavy rains flooded portions of Highway 16 for a brief period of time.
November 2005Tornado (F1)Pangburn-A weak tornado was spawned in northern White County close to the Pangburn area. The tornado tracked to the northeast, and destroyed a travel trailer. A shed was also overturned, with damage to the roof of a home and to a barn roof. Some trees were downed as well. The tornado dissipated 1.3 miles east-northeast of Pangburn.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPangburn-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees and power lines.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindPangburn-Several trees were blown down.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindPangburn-Several trees were blown down.
May 2002Flash FloodPangburn-Heavy rains resulted in some street flooding in the Pangburn area. Some roadways were covered by high water for a few hours.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindPangburn-Numerous trees were blown down in Pangburn.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindPangburn-Some trees were blown down.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindPangburn-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
July 2022HailPangburn-no account filed
April 2018HailPangburn-no account filed
April 2014HailPangburn-no account filed
April 2011HailPangburn-no account filed
May 2008HailPangburn-no account filed
August 2008HailPangburn-no account filed
May 2008HailPangburn-no account filed
April 2006HailPangburn-no account filed
April 2005HailPangburn-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindPangburn-no account filed
March 2003HailPangburn-no account filed
March 2002HailPangburn-no account filed
March 2001HailPangburn-no account filed
January 1999Tornado (F1)Pangburn-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindPangburn-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindPangburn-no account filed
May 1996HailPangburn-no account filed
December 1996Thunderstorm WindPangburn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in White 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
Mountain Home3.1 miles9
Clay3.4 miles9
Dewey4.2 miles9
Letona4.5 miles9
Little Red5.5 miles9
Doyleville (historical)5.7 miles9
Pickens5.8 miles9
Hickory Flat6.2 miles9

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 PangburnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q80152The 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 53143. 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.