Pindall, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72669. The Survey maps it on the Western Grove quadrangle. 95 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,060 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPindall fell from 112 to 95 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 | 112 | |
| 2020 | 95 | -17 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 16 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
- 1967 USGS Western Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
115 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Pindall between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,108 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 49 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 | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 July 2005 | Natural | 3.0 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 Pindall: 5 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Bald Hill | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Big Hurricane | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Campbell | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Excelsior | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Roaring Hollow | Zinc | Unknown |
Storms near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pindall in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 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 2011 | Flood | Pindall | $3,000,000 | Parts of the Buffalo National River were closed due to flooding, flood damage, and debris piles. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Pindall | $750,000 | Widespread areal flooding occurred. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Pindall | $250,000 | Heavy rain caused considerable damage to county roads and bridges. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Pindall | $200,000 | An EF-2 tornado cut a 36.7 mile path across Newton and Searcy counties. The damage included trees being uprooted and snapped. Several residences were damaged. The post office at Parthenon was destroyed. Maximum winds with this tornado were 120 mph. This tornado touched down north of Mossville in Newton County, and lifted east northeast of Saint Joe in Searcy County. At Parthenon, several homes were damaged. Outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. The post office was destroyed. A residence was destroyed north of Vendor. North of Saint Joe, a family of five (two adults and 3 small children) heard the tornado warning, went into a storm shelter before the tornado hit. Their manufactured home was completely destroyed. The damage was likely not survivable. Also, north of Saint Joe, trees and power lines were blown down. Outbuildings were damaged. A residence had significant damage. There was one minor injury. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pindall | $100,000 | Initial reports of trees and power lines downed were received. Several homes sustained roof damage. This was possibly a tornado. |
| February 2023 | Tornado (EF2) | Pindall | $100,000 | Damage consisted of a couple of houses losing roofing material, barns/sheds damaged or destroyed, and numerous trees uprooted or snapped. The trees blocked half a dozen roads, including Highway 65 which was closed temporarily. The most substantial damage was a house moved from its foundation and then partially collapsing. We would like to thank Searcy and Marion County Emergency Management for assistance with the survey. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Pindall | $1,000 | Rainfall measured 2.19 inches between 3:39 and 4:39 PM CDT. Yard flooding occurred, even on a fairly steep grade. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Pindall | - | Quarter-sized hail fell near Pindall, leading to the accumulation of 1 to 2 inches of hail. CoCoRaHS observer lost most of blueberry crop. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pindall | - | Large tree limbs blown down. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Pindall | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Pindall | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pindall | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Pindall | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Pindall | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Pindall | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clutes (historical) | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Dugger (historical) | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Joe | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Woolum | 6.5 miles | 20 | |
| Push | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Duff | 7.7 miles | 16 | |
| Point Peter | 7.8 miles | 20 | |
| Tomahawk | 9.3 miles | 17 |
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 Pindall | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2673357 | 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 78005. 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.











