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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.

Pindall within Searcy County

Population over time

2 figures

Pindall 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.

YearPeople Change
2010112
202095-17 (-15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

115 since 1997

Regional 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/incendiarism49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Debris and open burning15
Natural1
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 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2005Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkStonePast Producer
Bald HillZincPast Producer
Big HurricaneZincPast Producer
CampbellZincPast Producer
ExcelsiorZincPast Producer
Roaring HollowZincUnknown

Every working recorded in Searcy County

Storms near this place

15 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011FloodPindall$3,000,000Parts of the Buffalo National River were closed due to flooding, flood damage, and debris piles.
April 2011FloodPindall$750,000Widespread areal flooding occurred.
May 2013Flash FloodPindall$250,000Heavy rain caused considerable damage to county roads and bridges.
March 2017Tornado (EF2)Pindall$200,000An 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 2023Thunderstorm WindPindall$100,000Initial reports of trees and power lines downed were received. Several homes sustained roof damage. This was possibly a tornado.
February 2023Tornado (EF2)Pindall$100,000Damage 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 2014Flash FloodPindall$1,000Rainfall measured 2.19 inches between 3:39 and 4:39 PM CDT. Yard flooding occurred, even on a fairly steep grade.
May 2024HailPindall-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 2004Thunderstorm WindPindall-Large tree limbs blown down.
February 2008HailPindall-no account filed
September 2006HailPindall-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindPindall-no account filed
May 1999HailPindall-no account filed
April 1996HailPindall-no account filed
April 1996HailPindall-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Searcy 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
Clutes (historical)1.6 miles16
Dugger (historical)3.5 miles16
Saint Joe4.8 miles16
Woolum6.5 miles20
Push6.6 miles16
Duff7.7 miles16
Point Peter7.8 miles20
Tomahawk9.3 miles17

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 PindallAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2673357The 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.