BlockBoston, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in South Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72752. The Survey maps it on the Boston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Boston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Boston between 1995 and 2017, burning about 1,617 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | FLORIDA |
| 9 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 176 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TOWER ROAD |
| 8 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 61 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GLORY HOLE |
| 6 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 39 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PETTIGREW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boston in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boston | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees along County Road 4845, south of Boston. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boston | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boston | - | A storm chaser for KNWA reported 16 inch diameter trees blown down by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Boston | - | Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the early evening of June 8th. The storms produced large hail, damaging winds, and one tornado. The tornado touched down briefly near Brentwood at 1820 CST. This F0 tornado downed trees but caused no structural damage. Straight-line winds of 60 to 70 mph downed numerous trees from Devils Den State Park six miles southeast of Strickler to Brentwood, and these winds also damaged Blackburn Church near Devils Den State Park. Strong thunderstorm winds downed trees in West Fork, six miles southwest of West Fork, and three miles northeast of Winslow, and 60 mph winds blew down several large tree limbs one mile south of Boston. One and one-half-inch diameter hail fell two miles east of Brentwood, nickel-size hail fell four miles north of St. Paul, and dime-size hail fell one mile south of Boston. The thunderstorms also produced very heavy rainfall in Washington County which resulted in street flooding in Brentwood. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boston | - | Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the early evening of June 8th. The storms produced large hail, damaging winds, and one tornado. The tornado touched down briefly near Brentwood at 1820 CST. This F0 tornado downed trees but caused no structural damage. Straight-line winds of 60 to 70 mph downed numerous trees from Devils Den State Park six miles southeast of Strickler to Brentwood, and these winds also damaged Blackburn Church near Devils Den State Park. Strong thunderstorm winds downed trees in West Fork, six miles southwest of West Fork, and three miles northeast of Winslow, and 60 mph winds blew down several large tree limbs one mile south of Boston. One and one-half-inch diameter hail fell two miles east of Brentwood, nickel-size hail fell four miles north of St. Paul, and dime-size hail fell one mile south of Boston. The thunderstorms also produced very heavy rainfall in Washington County which resulted in street flooding in Brentwood. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Boston | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pettigrew | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Red Star | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Dutton | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Jordan (historical) | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Venus | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Townsley (historical) | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Witter | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Paul | 8.7 miles | 18 |
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 Boston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q38251909 | 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 70768. 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.