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.
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
- Dooley Dipping Vatlisted 2006
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 31 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.
- 1879 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1887 USGS Poteau Mountain #1 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1939 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1940 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Boles quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 31 acres | Ouachita National Forest | MINER FIRE |
| 29 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | SINGLE TREE |
| 29 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | SOUTH PARKS |
| 25 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | MARKING TEC |
| 24 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | CRYING SHAME |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Flash Flood | Boles | 1 killed | Numerous 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Boles | $5,000 | Flash flooding occurred between Y City and Boles. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Boles | - | The hail fell on U.S. Highway 71 south of Boles. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Boles | - | Water was reported over some roads. |
| January 2006 | Hail | Boles | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boles | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boles | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boles | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boles | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo (historical) | 1.3 miles | 31 | |
| Needmore | 2.1 miles | 31 | |
| Chant (historical) | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Keener | 3.3 miles | 31 | |
| Y City | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Parks | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| The Pines | 6.1 miles | 31 | |
| Nella | 6.2 miles | 31 |
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 Boles | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4939190 | The 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.














