Boxley, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72670. It stands on Moore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boxley quadrangle.
On record in Boxley
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 1 record
Villines Milllisted 1974
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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
- 1968 USGS Boxley quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
56 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Boxley between 1995 and 2020, burning about 2,764 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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 | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Buffalo National River | HIPPIE |
| 20 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Buffalo National River | RUNNING CREEK |
| 6 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2012 | Natural | 2.3 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GRASSY POINT |
| 12 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Boxley: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponca | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Bennett | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Mmcelhaney | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Peck Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Beechwood | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Ponca City Mine | Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boxley in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Hail | Boxley | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported near Boxley. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Boxley | - | Rainfall measured 2.16 inches in less than two hours at Boxley. |
| January 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxley | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged a church and the roofs of several homes. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxley | - | Several trees were blown down on Highway 21. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Boxley | - | Hail up to one inch in diameter damaged some crops just to the southeast of Boxley. |
| January 2002 | Hail | Boxley | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 70785. 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.






