Poyen, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fenter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72128. It stands on Thunder Branch. The Survey maps it on the Poyen quadrangle. 263 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 230 feet above sea level.
On record in Poyen
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
Samuel D. Byrd Sr. Homesteadlisted 2005
Population over time
2 figuresPoyen fell from 290 to 263 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 | 290 | |
| 2020 | 263 | -27 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Poyen quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
157 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Poyen between 1997 and 2018, burning about 1,168 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 58 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 | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Poyen: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilcox Group Kaolin | Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| H Jordan | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
21 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Poyen in 21 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 tornado. 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poyen | $30,000 | The local EM relayed that a business in Poyen sustained roof damage. |
| September 2012 | Flash Flood | Poyen | $25,000 | Ditches overflowed, causing roads to flood. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poyen | $5,000 | Trees were blown down onto U.S. 270. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Poyen | - | Half dollar sized hail fell at Poyen via mPING. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poyen | - | A tree was blown down on Hwy. 270 at Poyen. |
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | Poyen | - | Three miles of State Highway 229 between the towns of Poyen and Fenter was closed due to high water. |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Poyen | - | Rainfall amounts included 4.27 inches at Leola and 4.13 inches at Sheridan. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Poyen | - | Water was reported over several roads. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Poyen | - | Several inches of water were noted in the post office. Several rural roads in the area were under water.| |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poyen | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poyen | - | A few trees were knocked down. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Poyen | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Poyen | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Poyen | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poyen | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Poyen | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Poyen | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poyen | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F3) | Poyen | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Poyen | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Poyen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McLean (historical) | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lenham | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Fenter | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Buie | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Prattsville | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Arthur (historical) | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Thiel | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Brush Creek | 7.4 miles | 9 |
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 Poyen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2336385 | 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 58419. 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.





