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Brittain, Arkansas

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Big Rock Township. It lies near Mitchell Hill. The Survey maps it on the Little Rock quadrangle.

Brittain within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 26 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

113 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Brittain between 1997 and 2019, burning about 922 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined36
Debris and open burning34
Arson/incendiarism24
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2016Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2004Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2001Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 64 workings within 5 miles of Brittain: 55 unknowns, 6 producers, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Unknown S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Elkins PitClayProducer
Little Rock Industrial Minerals PntClayProducer
Arch Street QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Granite Mountain MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Granite Mountain Quarry #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Granite Mountain Quarry #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sweet Home Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Alford-Ross DepositAluminumUnknown

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brittain in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2020LightningBrittain$100,000Lightning caused a house fire located 3.7 miles east of Mablevale.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindBrittain$25,000A tree blew down on a house, a number of large limbs were blown down, and shingles were removed from some residences. Most of the damage occurred on Geyer Springs Rd. between Doyle Springs Rd. and Hilaro Springs Rd., and on Bruno Rd.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBrittain$5,000A tree was blown down onto power lines and a truck.

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
American Manor0.3 miles26
Base Line0.8 miles26
Berger0.9 miles26
McClellan Place0.9 miles26
Windamere1.4 miles26
Ward1.6 miles26
Yorkwood1.8 miles26
Cloverdale1.9 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56941. 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.