Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
“The Boswell School, now the Boswell Baptist Church, is a historic school building in rural western Izard County, Arkansas. It is located in the hamlet of Boswell, at the end of County Road 196.”
Wikipedia article Boswell School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 18 National Register listings published here for Izard County · listed in 1992 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Boswell School between 1993 and 2019, burning about 3,400 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 67 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 67 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BEAR |
| 12 September 2000 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CHRIS |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boswell, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Flood | Boswell | $12,000,000 | Heavy rain caused the White River at Calico Rock to go well above major flood level. The river crested less than a foot lower than the December, 1982 flood crest, but there has been substantial development in the floodplain during the last 25 years. Water was covering Arkansas Highways 5 and 56. The foot bridges that crossed Calico Creek were washed out. Water got into the lower units of a motel, into a business in Peppersauce Alley, buildings on Chesmond Landing, and many houses. At least 20 homes in Mt. Olive and 13 in Guion were flooded or totally washed away. Over 40 homes sustained some degree of damage and about 20 were washed away by the floodwaters. There was a fishing outfitting businesses that was destroyed, with the business and the dock with boats and equipment torn away by the swift waters. There were also reports of large round hay bales and cattle, both alive and dead, in the river. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Boswell | - | A weak tornado moved from eastern Stone County into western Izard County...mainly affecting areas near Boswell. The tornado mainly caused tree damage before dissipating. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Vest Cemetery | 0.4 miles | 2016 |
 | Sylvester Smith Farmstead | 0.6 miles | 1992 |
| Jeffery Cemetery | 2.3 miles | 1999 | |
| A. C. Jeffery Farmstead | 3.1 miles | 1994 | |
 | Mount Olive Cumberland Presbyterian Church | 3.5 miles | 2004 |
 | Jumbo Church of Christ | 4.5 miles | 1999 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92001178 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Izard County | All 18 listed properties in this county. |
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