BlockBrewer, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72044. It lies near Mayberry Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Parma quadrangle.
On record in Brewer
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Brewer Schoollisted 2004
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Parma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Parma quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
69 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Brewer between 1998 and 2019, burning about 1,352 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 36 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 | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 97 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brewer in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2009: 4 flash flood, 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Brewer | $600,000 | A water rescue from a vehicle occurred on Hiram Road. While a sheriff's deputy was en route to the Hiram Road call, his patrol car was swept off Cooter Neck Road. Two people were evacuated from a residence on Scott Street in Heber Springs. Flooding damaged many roads in the county. |
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Brewer | $250,000 | Widespread heavy rain resulted in the development of flash flooding early on the morning of the 24th. |
| December 2009 | Flood | Brewer | $250,000 | Flash flooding, which developed very early on the 24th, became widespread areal flooding later in the morning on the 24th and continued into Christmas morning. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Brewer | $75,000 | At least one county road was washed out. Damage was reported to roads, homes and businesses. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Brewer | $50,000 | Water was reported over a number of county roads, including some roads in the Higden area and on Paradise Point Road on the south shore of Greers Ferry Lake. Arkansas Highway 263 near Prim was blocked due to high water. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Brewer | - | Flash flooding which began on the 29th became widespread areal flooding on the 30th. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandiff | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Sunny Slope | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Prim | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Partain | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Edgemont | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Everett (historical) | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Woodrow | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Greers Ferry | 6.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57431. 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.