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Boggy, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Beech Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71837. The Survey maps it on the Doddridge NW quadrangle.

Boggy within Miller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

201 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Boggy between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,205 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 67 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/incendiarism67
Debris and open burning63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1

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 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionMIL15158979
7 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Boggy: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Jb CooperSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miller County

Storms near this place

5 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boggy in 5 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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
October 2009Flash FloodBoggy$30,000Several bridges were washed out in the Fouke, Arkansas community.
March 2023Tornado (EF1)Boggy$25,000An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 107 mph affected locations in central Miller County near the Sulphur River Wildlife Management Area and a handful of miles west/southwest of Fouke. The tornado began at the eastern end of Miller County Road 36 very weakly, but soon produced a lot of tree and structural damage along the southeastern terminus of Miller County Road 152. Here the tornado was its strongest and widest, reaching a peak width of around a quarter of a mile. There were several outbuildings damaged or mostly destroyed by the wind alone with some homes and other structures also damaged, but mainly due to impact from large limbs and trees falling on top of them. The tornado continued north for another half a mile before ending roughly as it crossed Miller County Road 151. Fortunately, there were no injuries or fatalities associated with the tornado.
January 1993Thunderstorm WindBoggy$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees. Van Buren County,04,0810CST,,,0,0,5,0,Flash Flood Heavy rains caused flash flooding in Van Buren County. Portions of Highway 16 were under water for a time. A number of other county roads received damage.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindBoggy-Several trees downed across Highway 71.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBoggy-Widespread power outages reported.

Every storm recorded in Miller 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
Boggy (historical)0.3 miles15
Fairland2.3 miles16
Fouke2.5 miles16
Jonesville2.7 miles15
Roberts (historical)3.9 miles16
Rocky Mound4.1 miles15
Fort Lynn4.1 miles15
Black Diamond6.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56934. 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.