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Brakebill, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1984. It lies in ZIP code area 72478. It lies near Rock Spring Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Maynard quadrangle.

Brakebill within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Brakebill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 353 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism3
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
1 September 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2007Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2004Debris and open burning14 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 April 2001Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 2016Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph 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 Brakebill: 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Randolph 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
Mock (historical)0.9 miles11
Middlebrook2.0 miles11
Palestine2.9 miles8
Old Siloam3.1 miles11
Jerrett3.8 miles11
Maynard4.4 miles11
Glaze Creek4.5 miles11
Ingram4.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56937. 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.