Zinc, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Zinc Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72601. It lies near Tom Young Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Zinc quadrangle. 92 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 879 feet above sea level.
On record in Zinc
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
Elliott and Anna Barham Houselisted 2004- Zinc Swinging Bridge-BO0162listed 2007
Population over time
2 figuresZinc fell from 103 to 92 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 | 103 | |
| 2020 | 92 | -11 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 15 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.
- 1893 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1929 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 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
- 1972 USGS Zinc quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
96 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Zinc between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,840 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 42 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 | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 90 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1997 | Natural | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Zinc: 19 past producers, 16 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crooked Creek Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Saturn Placer | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Bailey Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Boggs Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Buffalo Claim | Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Coker Hollow Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Elixir Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Frisco Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Ida Lead & Zinc Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Madison Mine | Lead | Unknown |
Storms near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zinc in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2013: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zinc | $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a house and moved another off its foundation. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zinc | $2,000 | A tree fell on a power line. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zinc | - | Trees were blown down. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Zinc | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Zinc | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zinc | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Ridge | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Keener | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Winington | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Harmon | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Bergman | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Oregon (historical) | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pedlo (historical) | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Olvey | 7.1 miles | 16 |
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 Zinc | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2013897 | 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 58929. 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.











