Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
“The Bogg Springs Hotel is a historic hotel in rural Polk County, Arkansas. Built in 1904-07, it is the only surviving element of a summer resort that thrived in the area in the 1920s.”
Wikipedia article Bogg Springs Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 33 National Register listings published here for Polk County · listed in 1993 · 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 92 fires within 5 miles of Bogg Springs Hotel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,154 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 45 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 | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 210 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bogg Springs Hotel: 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doty Claim | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Hablitzel | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1941 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wickes School | 5.5 miles | 2024 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 93001023 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Polk County | All 33 listed properties in this county. |
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