Boiling Springs, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72843. It stands on Dare Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hector quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Boiling Springs within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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.

1892 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1894 USGS Morrilton quadrangle1:125000
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Hector quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1989 USGS Hector quadrangle1:24000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

49 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Boiling Springs (historical) between 1995 and 2018, burning about 469 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 14 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	14
Debris and open burning	12
Natural	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
9 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	92 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	CLUB RICK
30 September 2000	Debris and open burning	50 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	MILL CREEK
23 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	TURKEY HILL
16 September 2006	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 August 1998	Smoking	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 July 2012	Natural	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Boiling Springs (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Pope County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Pope 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hector	1.1 miles	16
Walnut Grove	2.9 miles	16
Rock Springs	3.2 miles	16
Scottsville	3.3 miles	20
Leta (historical)	3.5 miles	16
Laurel (historical)	3.7 miles	15
Retta	3.8 miles	21
Broomfield	4.5 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62053. 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.