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Boughton, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Boughton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71857. The Survey maps it on the Prescott East quadrangle.

Boughton within Nevada County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

81 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Boughton between 1998 and 2018, burning about 849 acres in total. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural7
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2003Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionNEV15696987
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Boughton: 30 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Grayson Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
H FarrisSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
L HaynieSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nevada County

Storms near this place

12 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boughton in 12 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 6 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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
May 1993Thunderstorm WindBoughton$50,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down a number of trees.
April 2025Flash FloodBoughton-A picture was posted to social media of high water covering Highway 19 between Delight and Prescott.
March 2021HailBoughton-Pictures were posted to social media of golf ball to tennis ball size hail that fell in the Boughton community northeast of Prescott.
July 2019Flash FloodBoughton-A section of I-30 was closed due to flooding north of Prescott and just south of the Clark County line.
July 2019Flash FloodBoughton-Interstate 30 was completely closed from just north of Prescott into Southern Clark County.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindBoughton-A roof was peeled off of a mobile home along Highway 67 northeast of Prescott. A large pine tree was also downed across Highway 67 as well.
July 2015Flash FloodBoughton-A train trestle was washed out in the Boughton community northeast of Prescott, Arkansas.
July 2015Flash FloodBoughton-High water was reported across Hwy. 19 near Brushy Creek.
July 2015Flash FloodBoughton-Rapid flash flooding washed out a bridge on Nubbin Hill Road north of Prescott, Arkansas.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindBoughton-Trees were downed across Interstate 30 near mile marker 48 north of Prescott, Arkansas.
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Boughton-A weak EF0 tornado touched down north of Prescott along CR 39 where a few trees were snapped. The tornado tracked northeast crossing CR 37 and continuing down CR 39 where several large limbs were snapped and a tree top was twisted off. The tornado lifted before reaching the end of CR 39. Maximum winds are estimated at 60-65 mph.
April 2010Funnel CloudBoughton-A funnel cloud was reported northeast of Prescott, Arkansas.

Every storm recorded in Nevada 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
Redland3.9 miles15
Prescott4.4 miles16
Iron Springs4.5 miles16
Pleasant Hill5.5 miles16
Midway7.4 miles16
Lackland (historical)9.2 miles16
Cummings Springs10.1 miles17
Laneburg11.4 miles15

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 Q122591501The 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 46849. 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.