Botkinburg, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72629. It lies near George Main Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Botkinburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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 Botkinburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Botkinburg quadrangle1:24000
- 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
53 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Botkinburg between 1997 and 2017, burning about 771 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 September 2005 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Botkinburg: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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.
Storms near this place
19 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Botkinburg in 19 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 14 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Botkinburg | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| February 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Botkinburg | - | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a storage shed. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Botkinburg | - | Power lines were blown down on Highway 65 south of Botkinburg. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Botkinburg | - | Some large tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Botkinburg | - | Hail the size of quarters damaged some roofs. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Botkinburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Botkinburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Botkinburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Botkinburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Old Botkinburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Botkinburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Botkinburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Botkinburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Botkinburg | - | no account filed |
| January 2002 | Hail | Botkinburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Botkinburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Botkinburg | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Botkinburg | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Botkinburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Botkinburg | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Plant | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Archey (historical) | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Dennard | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Rocky Hill | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Oak Flat (historical) | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Elba | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Crabtree | 6.2 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122560535 | 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 57414. 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.










