Piney, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Whittington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71913. It stands on Bull Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Pine quadrangle. 5,238 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 420 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPiney grew from 4,699 to 5,238 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 | 4,699 | |
| 2020 | 5,238 | +539 (+11%) |
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.
- 1890 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Mountain Pine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
161 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Piney between 1992 and 2020, burning about 614 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 34 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 | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 20 acres | Hot Springs National Park | CEDAR |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Piney: 9 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Slate, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Name | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| No Name | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Job No Joo-235 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mountain Pine Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| No Name | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| No Name | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Hot Springs Mill | Silica | Producer | ||
| Mc Earl Mine | Silica | Producer | ||
| Natural Hones Mill | Silica | Producer | ||
| Hot Spring City Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Piney in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piney | $20,000 | Trees were blown down on roadways and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Piney | $15,000 | A vehicle was flooded near the Mid America Museum. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piney | - | Multiple trees and powerlines were blown down in this general area. A couple of roofs were damaged by thunderstorm winds. Near Oaklawn there was a tree blown onto a home. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piney | - | A large tree was blown down near Piney. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piney | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| November 2015 | Flash Flood | Piney | - | There was a swift water rescue at the 3800 block of Amity Rd. in Hot Springs. Several roads were closed throughout the county due to high water. |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Piney | - | A funnel cloud was observed near Piney. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Piney | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Piney | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Piney | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwell | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hawes | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hot Springs | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Bonanza Springs (historical) | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Euclid Heights | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Mountain Pine | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Hamilton | 5.7 miles | 11 |
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 Piney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2668994 | 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 73101. 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.







