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Bragg City, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Behestian Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71726. It stands on Poison Springs Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bragg City quadrangle.

Bragg City within Ouachita County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

100 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Bragg City between 1997 and 2020, burning about 687 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 38 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/incendiarism38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Debris and open burning19
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 September 2010Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2011Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1999Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ouachita County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bragg City: 8 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Hope Brick Co PitClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jackson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
ChidesterClayPast Producer
No NameClayPast Producer
No NameClayPast Producer
No NameClayPast Producer
unnamedClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ouachita County

Storms near this place

3 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bragg City in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
May 1994Thunderstorm WindBragg City$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
September 2013Heavy RainBragg City-Rainfall measured 4.04 inches at Camden.
May 2004HailBragg City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ouachita 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
Van Wagoner (historical)1.3 miles15
Wise (historical)2.9 miles15
Chidester3.1 miles16
Lester Junction3.7 miles15
Lester3.7 miles15
Good Hope4.2 miles16
Barham5.4 miles16
Red Hill5.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57427. 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.