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Royal, 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 71968. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Pine quadrangle. It stands 489 feet above sea level.

Royal within Garland County

On record in Royal

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

132 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Royal between 1992 and 2019, burning about 454 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 28 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 burning53
Arson/incendiarism28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks3
Natural2
Smoking2

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
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresOuachita National ForestBEAR RIFLE RANGE
28 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garland County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Royal: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Slate, Dimension, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Job No Joo-235Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
No NameClayPast Producer
No NameSlate, DimensionPast Producer
UnkSlate, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Garland County

Storms near this place

30 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Royal in 30 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 16 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2012Thunderstorm WindRoyal$10,000A few trees were blown down on county roads around Royal.
April 2025Flash FloodRoyal-Water covered the bridge at the 700 block of Brady Mountain Cutoff.
April 2025Heavy RainRoyal-Rainfall storm total of 10.70 inches as of 8AM CDT on 4/6/25 at Royal. Rain continued through the day on the 6th.
June 2023HailRoyal-Baseball sized hail fell on Brady Mountain Road in Royal.
May 2022HailRoyal-This was an mPING report.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindRoyal-A tree was blown down.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindRoyal-Trees were blown down at many locations across the county.
April 2011Funnel CloudRoyal-A funnel cloud was reported near Royal.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRoyal-A large tree limb was down on Fleetwood Drive off of U.S. Highway 270.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindRoyal-Thunderstorm winds damaged a storage building.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindRoyal-Numerous trees and large tree limbs were downed around Royal, with at least one tree on a house.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindRoyal-Most of the roof of a boat dock was blown off at the Brady Mountain Recreation Area.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindRoyal-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindRoyal-Thunderstorm winds damaged several boat docks and knocked down a number of trees.
February 2024HailRoyal-no account filed
May 2022HailRoyal-no account filed
February 2013HailRoyal-no account filed
January 2012HailRoyal-no account filed
May 2010HailRoyal-no account filed
July 2009HailRoyal-no account filed
March 2008HailRoyal-no account filed
March 2002HailRoyal-no account filed
March 2002Thunderstorm WindRoyal-no account filed
May 2002HailRoyal-no account filed
February 2001HailRoyal-no account filed
March 2000HailRoyal-no account filed
September 2000HailRoyal-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindRoyal-no account filed
October 1999HailRoyal-no account filed
August 1998HailRoyal-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garland 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
Bear2.4 miles15
Sunshine2.6 miles8
Chandler3.5 miles8
Maddox3.5 miles8
Hempwallace4.9 miles8
Crystal Springs5.1 miles15
Hawes5.3 miles13
Mountain Pine5.5 miles13

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 RoyalAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7373556The 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 73430. 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.