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About the Booneville Plant Materials Center
Updated
08/13/2008
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Established |
1987 |
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Size |
282 Acres |
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Land Ownership |
44 Acres are
owned by the State of Arkansas, subleased from the US Agricultural Research
Service. The remaining 238 acres are owned by the State of Arkansas - leased
directly to the PMC. |
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Operation |
NRCS |
Description of the PMC Service
Area
 The area served by the Booneville
PMC includes the Ozark Highland, Ozark border, Boston Mountains, Arkansas
Valley and Ridges, Ouachita Mountains, and the Western Coastal Plain.
Much of the Service area is characterized by rugged terrain. Elevation ranges
from 300 feet to 3,000 feet. Average annual rainfall varies from 36 inches in
the west to 53 inches in the higher mountain areas in the east. Small family
farms are characteristic of much of the area. Forage, poultry, and timber
production are the major land uses. Soils are frequently shallow, stony and
erosive. The economy of the area is supported largely by agriculture, coal
mining, and tourism.
Getting to the Booneville
PMC
The Booneville PMC is
located in the west central part of Arkansas. We are in Logan County at the
Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center, 6 miles southwest of Booneville on
Highway 23. (See the map provided below.)
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