Booneville, Arkansas

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Boone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72927. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Booneville quadrangle. 3,809 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 502 feet above sea level.

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Booneville within Logan County

On record in Booneville

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 7 records

Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium Historic Districtlisted 2006
Bank of Booneville Buildinglisted 1978
Booneville Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2013
Booneville Methodist Episcopal Church Southlisted 2011
Dr. Stephen N. Chism Houselisted 1994
Farmers and Merchants Bank-Masonic Lodgelisted 1993
Logan County Courthouse, Southern Judicial Districtlisted 1997

Population over time

2 figures

Booneville fell from 3,990 to 3,809 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	3,990
2020	3,809	-181 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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.

1887 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000
1887 USGS Magazine Mountain #3 quadrangle1:62500
1890 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1934 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:48000
1934 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:62500
1939 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

107 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Booneville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,076 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 11 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	40
Debris and open burning	34
Natural	11
Arson/incendiarism	11
Equipment and vehicle use	11

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	Debris and open burning	7.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2005	Natural	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 2012	Debris and open burning	23 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
8 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	29 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Storms near this place

60 of 70 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Booneville in 70 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 42 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 7 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. 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
February 1997	Tornado (F1)	Booneville	1 killed, 3 hurt, $250,000	no account filed
March 2009	Lightning	Booneville	1 hurt	A man was struck by lightning while on a drilling rig off of Ferguson Valley Road.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	$300,000	The roof of a building was damaged and a window was blown out of a store. Trees, power lines, and power poles were knocked down. Trees fell on several residences and a barn.
April 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	$150,000	A metal roof was blown off a building housing the Arkansas Revenue Office and a medical clinic. Part of the brick facade of the building fell into the street. The bricks damaged some other businesses and vehicles.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	$50,000	A metal building was damaged.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	$50,000	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
February 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	$20,000	Trees were blown down across Arkansas Highway 10 in and around Booneville.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	$15,000	Trees and power lines were blown down south of Booneville.
January 2007	Flash Flood	Booneville	$11,000	A number of secondary roads throughout the county were flooded.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	$10,000	Trees were blown down.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	$5,000	Trees were blown down.
October 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	$5,000	Power lines were blown down.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	$5,000	Trees were blown down.
August 2009	Lightning	Booneville	$5,000	Lightning struck a home on Second Street, melting two attic wind turbines and starting a small fire.
November 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down some tree limbs and a television cable.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
July 2024	Heavy Rain	Booneville	-	A 24 hour rainfall total of 4.10 inches was measured at Booneville.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	Multiple trees and powerlines were blown down in Booneville.
March 2023	Flash Flood	Booneville	-	The Petit Jean River at Booneville rose approximately 16 feet and came out of its banks near Booneville.
April 2021	Funnel Cloud	Booneville	-	A funnel cloud was spotted from the Mercy Hospital parking lot in Booneville, looking towards Chismville.
May 2020	Flash Flood	Booneville	-	Several roads were flooded in Booneville.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	A few trees were blown down near Hwy. 23, south of Booneville.
September 2020	Flash Flood	Booneville	-	Many county roads were underwater near the Petit Jean River.
April 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	Trees and power lines were down.
October 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	Trees were blown down across the highway in and near Booneville.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	Power lines were blown down in Booneville across Highway 109 and Grove Street. The fire department was responding due to a fire in the trees.
November 2011	Funnel Cloud	Booneville	-	A law enforcement officer reported a rotating funnel cloud in the Glendale and Booneville areas.
March 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	A tree was down on the north side of Booneville.
August 2009	Flash Flood	Booneville	-	Street flooding occurred on Arkansas Highway 10.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	Trees were blown down.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	Trees were down.
June 2003	Flash Flood	Booneville	-	Heavy rains caused flash flooding to occur in Booneville. Several streets were under water for a short period of time.
May 2003	Tornado (F0)	Booneville	-	A weak tornado touched down briefly over western Logan County. The only damage found was some large limbs torn off trees, mainly on ridge lines.
March 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	Several buildings sustained roof damage from a severe thunderstorm that moved through Booneville.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	Several trees were blown down.
November 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	Trees down.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees.
May 1995	Hail	Booneville	-	Golf ball-size hail damaged two Highway Department vehicles.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
February 2009	Hail	Booneville	-	no account filed
February 2009	Hail	Booneville	-	no account filed
March 2008	Hail	Booneville	-	no account filed
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	no account filed
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	no account filed
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	no account filed
March 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	no account filed
March 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	no account filed
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	no account filed
January 2002	Hail	Booneville	-	no account filed
January 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	no account filed
February 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	no account filed
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	no account filed
March 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	no account filed
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	no account filed
December 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Booneville	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Booneville	-	no account filed
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Logan 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
Cauthron	3.4 miles	22
Mixon	4.1 miles	22
Brownsville	4.1 miles	22
Glendale	4.3 miles	23
Carolan	4.4 miles	22
Chismville	5.4 miles	22
Golden City	5.6 miles	22
Magazine	6.1 miles	22

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 Booneville	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79610	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 62143. 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.