Brockett, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Columbia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72455. It stands on Knotts Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pocahontas quadrangle.
On record in Brockett
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Cedar Grove School #81listed 2004 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1935 USGS Reyno quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pocahontas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paragould quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
59 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Brockett between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,012 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | RAN28393895 |
| 12 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 June 2012 | Smoking | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Brockett: 8 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H M Bishop Farm | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brockett in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Flood | Brockett | - | Heavy rain brought flooding to the Black River at Pocahontas in early March. |
| April 2022 | Flood | Brockett | - | Heavy rain brought flooding to the Black River at Pocahontas in early April. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Brockett | - | Highway 166 was blocked at mile 3 due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Grove | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Stokes | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Engelberg | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Debrow (historical) | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Attica | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Poluca (historical) | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Running Lake (historical) | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Jerrett | 4.5 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122554804 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57442. 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.





