Parkin, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Tyronza Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72373. The Survey maps it on the Parkin quadrangle. 794 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 207 feet above sea level.
On record in Parkin
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
Northern Ohio Schoollisted 2014
Population over time
2 figuresParkin fell from 1,105 to 794 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 | 1,105 | |
| 2020 | 794 | -311 (-28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1940 USGS Princedale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Princedale quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Princedale quadrangle1:62500
- 1966 USGS Princedale quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Parkin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Memphis West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Parkin in 2004, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 February 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Parkin: 6 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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.
Storms near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parkin in 12 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkin | $15,000 | A grain bin was damaged along Highway 64. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkin | $10,000 | Some trees and power lines were knocked down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkin | $7,000 | Trees and power lines were knocked down along Highway 64. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkin | $5,000 | A couple of trees were blown down. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkin | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Parkin | $100 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Parkin | $50 | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkin | - | Straight line winds knocked a few trees down in Parkin. One tree fell onto Highway 184. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Parkin | - | Heavy rain flooded streets in downtown Parkin. A viaduct underneath the railroad tracks was also closed due to flooding. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Parkin | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Parkin | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Parkin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn (historical) | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Francis (historical) | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Riverside | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| McDonald | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Rose Place | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Belknap (historical) | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Smithdale | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Love Place | 3.7 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 Parkin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79274 | 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 58329. 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.







