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Boyd Hill, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Russell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71845. It stands on Boyd Hill. The Survey maps it on the Boyd Hill quadrangle.

Boyd Hill within Lafayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

47 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Boyd Hill between 1997 and 2019, burning about 305 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 burning22
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2

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
9 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lafayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Boyd Hill: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Ray Mcdowell PropertyIronPast Producer
UnkIronPast Producer
Barr PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lafayette County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boyd Hill in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 flash flood. 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
July 2023Flash FloodBoyd Hill-County Road 5 was flooded.
May 2009Flash FloodBoyd Hill-Water was reported over the road along county road 5 north of U.S. Hwy. 82.

Every storm recorded in Lafayette 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
Midway2.7 miles14
Piney Grove3.5 miles14
Old Town6.5 miles14
Baker6.8 miles14
Lewisville7.7 miles16
Stamps10.8 miles12
Kress City11.0 miles16
Shiloh11.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76406. 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.