Brawley, Arkansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72958. The Survey maps it on the Horseshoe Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1887 USGS Poteau Mountain #2 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bates quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Horseshoe Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Brawley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,302 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 20 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 | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BRUSHY HOLLOW |
| 27 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | DENTON CREEK |
| 18 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 146 acres | Ouachita National Forest | 400 |
| 11 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 77 acres | Ouachita National Forest | 515 |
| 3 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | not named |
| 27 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 43 acres | Ouachita National Forest | SAW FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brawley in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2013: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Brawley | $10,000 | Numerous roadways were under water and low-water crossings were flooded in the Lake Hinkle area. Jones Creek Rd. was mostly under water. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Brawley | $10,000 | Golf ball size hail fell in the Lake Hinkle area. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Brawley | $5,000 | Water was over some roads. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brawley | $1,000 | Large limbs were blown down. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sensation (historical) | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Morgan Springs | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Beauchamp | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Cauthron | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Gipson | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Bates | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Weeks | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Oliver | 6.0 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 70805. 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.
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.










