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Bodcaw, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Parker Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71858. The Survey maps it on the Bodcaw quadrangle. 121 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Bodcaw within Nevada County

Population over time

3 figures

Bodcaw fell from 154 to 121 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
2000154
2010138-16 (-10%)
2020121-17 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

100 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Bodcaw between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,077 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 24 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism24
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural10
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Debris and open burning36 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2011Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bodcaw: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkIronPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nevada County

Storms near this place

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bodcaw in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1994Thunderstorm WindBodcaw$500,000Thunderstorm winds damaged a number of roofs and blew down numerous trees and power lines.
May 2020Tornado (EF1)Bodcaw$50,000An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds around 90 mph touched down near Highway 32, where it uprooted a few trees and snapped several large limbs. After crossing the highway, it moved northwest to near Nevada 15 where it picked up a metal overhang and threw it approximately 150 yards over a home and into a nearby field. The tornado also snapped and uprooted several hardwood and softwood trees near this location. It also uprooted several more trees as it crossed Nevada 15 and then lifted near the intersection of Nevada 120 and Nevada 15 in the Bodcaw community.
December 2009Flash FloodBodcaw$40,000Local Coordinator reported that Hwy. 299 between Laneburg and Emmett, Hwy 371 between Prescott and Blevins, and numerous county roads are closed due to flooding. There have been several traffic accidents due to these conditions. Due to the infrastructure problems throughout the county, Nevada County will receive Federal assistance.
October 2009Flash FloodBodcaw$10,000A high water rescue was performed on County Road 5 near Bodcaw, Arkansas when a car became stranded.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindBodcaw-Widespread trees were blown down across Nevada County.
February 2013HailBodcaw-Hail fell south of Bodcaw, Arkansas.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBodcaw-Large tree limbs were downed across Hwy. 53 in the Bodcaw community.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindBodcaw-Trees were reported down.
July 2007Flash FloodBodcaw-Heavy rainfall caused flash flooding of several roadways leading into and away from town.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindBodcaw-Large trees were downed near the Sutton community.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBodcaw-Numerous trees downed blocking roads.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBodcaw-Numerous trees down near the crossroads of Hwy 53 and 278.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBodcaw-Numerous trees down around town.
May 1999Tornado (F1)Bodcaw-Damage was to snapped and fallen small trees.
March 2008HailBodcaw-no account filed
May 2002HailBodcaw-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nevada 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
Azor2.5 miles15
Register (historical)2.8 miles15
Brisbane (historical)3.5 miles15
Bennett (historical)3.6 miles15
Clayton (historical)5.0 miles15
Sutton6.0 miles15
Sanders6.0 miles13
Willisville6.4 miles15

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 BodcawAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2235594The 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 76388. 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.