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Boles, Arkansas

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 6. It lies in ZIP code area 72926. It stands on Northern Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boles quadrangle. 166 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 673 feet above sea level.

Boles within Scott County

On record in Boles

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 31 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Boles between 1992 and 2020, burning about 527 acres in total. 6 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
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
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 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism31 acresOuachita National ForestMINER FIRE
29 September 2005Naturalunder an acreOuachita National ForestSINGLE TREE
29 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreOuachita National ForestSOUTH PARKS
25 August 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOuachita National ForestMARKING TEC
24 August 2005Naturalunder an acreOuachita National ForestCRYING SHAME

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott 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 Boles: 1 past producer. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Scott County

Storms near this place

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boles in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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
March 2023Flash FloodBoles1 killedNumerous roads have been flooded throughout Scott County. However, in Boles there was a report that some people were isolated in their home due to rising flood waters. A man was found drowned the next day when flood waters began to recede, so the timing of death is uncertain. His age is unknown, but he was likely an older adult as he was described as a grandfather. He likely drove into floodwaters and got washed off the road sometime between the night of the 2nd and the morning of the 3rd.
January 2013Flash FloodBoles$5,000Flash flooding occurred between Y City and Boles.
April 2011HailBoles-The hail fell on U.S. Highway 71 south of Boles.
July 2007Flash FloodBoles-Water was reported over some roads.
January 2006HailBoles-no account filed
February 2001Thunderstorm WindBoles-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindBoles-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBoles-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindBoles-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Buffalo (historical)1.3 miles31
Needmore2.1 miles31
Chant (historical)2.6 miles19
Keener3.3 miles31
Y City3.4 miles19
Parks4.9 miles16
The Pines6.1 miles31
Nella6.2 miles31

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 BolesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4939190The 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 76399. 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.