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.
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
Gillham Houselisted 1994- Army & Navy Memorial Lodgelisted 2019
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
132 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | 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 |
| 29 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BEAR RIFLE RANGE |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job No Joo-235 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| No Name | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| No Name | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
30 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | $10,000 | A few trees were blown down on county roads around Royal. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Royal | - | Water covered the bridge at the 700 block of Brady Mountain Cutoff. |
| April 2025 | Heavy Rain | Royal | - | 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 2023 | Hail | Royal | - | Baseball sized hail fell on Brady Mountain Road in Royal. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Royal | - | This was an mPING report. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | A tree was blown down. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | Trees were blown down at many locations across the county. |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Royal | - | A funnel cloud was reported near Royal. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | A large tree limb was down on Fleetwood Drive off of U.S. Highway 270. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged a storage building. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | Numerous trees and large tree limbs were downed around Royal, with at least one tree on a house. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | Most of the roof of a boat dock was blown off at the Brady Mountain Recreation Area. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged several boat docks and knocked down a number of trees. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| February 2013 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| January 2012 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | no account filed |
| October 1999 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Royal | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Sunshine | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Chandler | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Maddox | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hempwallace | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Crystal Springs | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Hawes | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Mountain Pine | 5.5 miles | 13 |
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 Royal | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7373556 | 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 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.







