Booster, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Shady Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72645. It stands on Truck Wheel Branch. The Survey maps it on the Alread quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Alread quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
50 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Booster between 1998 and 2018, burning about 2,616 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 April 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Booster in 10 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booster | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Booster | $5,000 | Low-water crossings were flooded after 2 inches of rain fell in one hour. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booster | $1,000 | Large limbs were blown down. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booster | $1,000 | Large limbs were blown down. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Booster | - | Tennis ball sized hail fell near the community of Woolum from social media image provided by trained spotter via mPING. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Booster | - | Nickel size hail was reported at Trace Ridge Rd. and Shady Grove Rd. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booster | - | Trees were down. |
| April 2017 | Heavy Rain | Booster | - | The 24 hour rainfall total was 3.40 inches from the Dennard 10 WSW observer. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Booster | - | Some county roads off of Hwy 254 were flooded. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Booster | - | Hail up to penny size fell. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kay | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Watts | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Imo | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Welcome Home | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Noahs | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Wileys Cove | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Bohannon | 7.6 miles | 20 | |
| Leslie | 7.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57412. 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.









