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Booker, Arkansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72117. The Survey maps it on the McAlmont quadrangle.

Booker within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 21 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

15 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Booker between 2001 and 2017, burning about 98 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined5
Natural5
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
26 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2012Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2012Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2012Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2012Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2012Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Booker: 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, 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
Big Sandy No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Little Rock PlantAluminum, ClayUnknown
Cabot QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Julius HessLead, Zinc, Copper, GoldUnknown
Kellog MineLead, Zinc, Copper, GoldUnknown
MaumelleStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Booker in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBooker$25,000Thunderstorm winds blew in doors and windows at a car dealership in Sherwood.
October 2021Flash FloodBooker-Rounds of heavy rain over the same area lead to flooding on Somers Avenue.
July 2020Flash FloodBooker-The public reported standing water on US-67/167 and this was confirmed with traffic camera footage.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBooker-A large tree was blown down near Walmart on McCain Blvd.
March 2015FloodBooker-Parts of Trammel Road in Sherwood were closed due to flooding.
April 2011HailBooker-The hail fell at a car dealership on Landers Rd. in Sherwood.

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Eureka Garden0.7 miles21
McAlmont1.1 miles21
Fairman1.5 miles21
Lansbrook1.5 miles21
Silver Creek1.5 miles21
Pecan Grove1.7 miles21
Timber Creek1.7 miles21
Sherwood2.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57409. 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.