Pineville, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72566. The Survey maps it on the Pineville quadrangle. 154 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 689 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPineville fell from 238 to 154 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 | 238 | |
| 2020 | 154 | -84 (-35%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 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
- 1964 USGS Pineville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
111 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Pineville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,245 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 26 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 burning | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2011 | Smoking | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pineville: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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.
Storms near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pineville in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Flood | Pineville | $250,000 | Heavy rain produced significant rises on the upper White River and tributaries. The combination of high river flows and the excessive upstream reservoir releases caused a second major flood event at the Calico Rock gage. Homes and businesses were flooded for a second time in less than month in Calico Rock and Sylamore. Damages were limited to repairs made since the March flooding. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Pineville | $50,000 | A bridge on Harris Rd. sustained serious damage, causing the road to be closed. Near the junction of Arkansas Highways 223 and 56, parts of both roads were under water. Two footbridges were washed away by Fairgrounds Creek at Earl King Park in Calico Rock. A water line was washed out at Wideman. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineville | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineville | - | One tree was down across the road northwest of Pineville. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineville | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineville | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Pineville | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Pineville | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Pineville | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Pineville | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineville | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineville | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineville | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineville | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Pineville | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Pineville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossroads | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Forty Four | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Calico Rock | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Iuka | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Gorby | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Dolph | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Creswell | 5.0 miles | 19 |
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 Pineville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2580636 | 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 78015. 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.










