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Busch, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Western Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72631. It lies near Ott Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Beaver quadrangle. It stands 1,109 feet above sea level.

Busch within Carroll County

On record in Busch

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Busch between 1992 and 2018, burning about 276 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
4 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2012Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 June 2006Equipment and vehicle use25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 April 2010Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 2007Arson/incendiarism11 acresMark Twain National ForestDODGE HOLLOW ATV
5 April 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 April 1992Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
3 April 1997Arson/incendiarism14 acresMark Twain National ForestTWIN VISTAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Busch: 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Battler Creek Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kirk Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
H L Burtner Uranium MineUraniumProspect
Radium CaveUraniumProspect

Every working recorded in Carroll County

Storms near this place

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Busch in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
April 2017Tornado (EF1)Busch$100,000This is the first segment of the three segment tornado. In Carroll County, this tornado snapped and uprooted numerous trees, damaged a number of homes, destroyed outbuildings, and blew down power poles. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 100 to 110 mph. The tornado moved into Barry County, Missouri, and eventually Stone County, Missouri, where it dissipated.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBusch$25,000Strong thunderstorm wind overturned recreational vehicles near Beaver Lake Dam.
March 2006HailBusch$25,000Hail up to golfball size covered the ground.
May 2011Flash FloodBusch-Flooding was reported along Route 187 northwest of Eureka Springs in the vicinity of Oak Ranch.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindBusch-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down two trees. The trees blocked a highway.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBusch-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBusch-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down large trees.
October 1998Thunderstorm WindBusch-Later at Berryville, half-inch diameter hail was reported.
May 2024HailBusch-no account filed
September 2014HailBusch-no account filed
May 2009HailBusch-no account filed
January 2008Thunderstorm WindBusch-no account filed
April 2008HailBusch-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carroll 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
Walden (historical)1.5 miles15
Beaver3.4 miles15
Gaskins (historical)4.8 miles12
Holiday Island5.4 miles12
Eureka Springs6.6 miles12
Junction (historical)6.9 miles12
Mundell (historical)7.0 miles14
Oak Hill7.1 miles12

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 BuschAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5001309The 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 57478. 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.