Brasswell Spring, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Central Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72638. It stands on Braswell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Green Forest quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Brasswell Spring within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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.

1904 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:125000
1905 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Green Forest quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

26 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Brasswell Spring (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 283 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Debris and open burning	9
Arson/incendiarism	5
Natural	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1

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
9 September 1999	Natural	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
21 July 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
8 April 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 April 2007	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 April 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 March 2004	Debris and open burning	41 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
31 March 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 March 2006	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Brasswell Spring (historical): 5 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unk Quarry	Limestone, General	Producer
R & R Gravel Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
R&R Gravel Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Osage Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
R & R Quarry No 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Carroll 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Cisco	1.2 miles	13
Norton (historical)	2.5 miles	12
Green Forest	3.2 miles	12
New Town (historical)	3.9 miles	12
Maple	4.6 miles	13
Yocum	4.6 miles	13
Urbanette	4.6 miles	12
Indian Creek (historical)	4.7 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69194. 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.