Bolding, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lapile Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71747. The Survey maps it on the Huttig quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1934 USGS Felsenthal quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Felsenthal quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Felsenthal quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Felsenthal quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Huttig quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
60 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Bolding between 1995 and 2019, burning about 595 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 82 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | FELSENTHAL |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 31 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bolding in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Hail | Bolding | - | Quarter size hail reported near Huttig. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Lapile | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Lapile | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Dollar Junction | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Huttig | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Felsenthal | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Sawmill | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| New Union | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Victoria | 5.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57405. 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.
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.










