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Brockwell, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Newburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72517. The Survey maps it on the Oxford quadrangle. It stands 607 feet above sea level.

Brockwell within Izard County

On record in Brockwell

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

157 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Brockwell between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,621 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 40 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 burning52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Arson/incendiarism40
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Smoking3

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
6 September 2011Smoking5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2012Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2006Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Izard County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Brockwell: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Izard County

Storms near this place

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brockwell in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2008: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 flash flood, 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
June 2008LightningBrockwell$100,000A fire destroyed a sawmill. Lightning struck a power pole, setting fire to the electrical lines, then the electrical boxes, and finally, the building.
November 1993Thunderstorm WindBrockwell$50,000Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a residence, and a barn was also damaged. Several large trees were blown down.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindBrockwell-Thunderstorm winds partially removed a roof from a home at Brockwell.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindBrockwell-Trees were downed on Highway 56.
April 2003Flash FloodBrockwell-Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding along Highway 56 west of Brockwell. The roadway was blocked due to high water for several hours.
April 2007HailBrockwell-no account filed
April 2006HailBrockwell-no account filed
September 2006HailBrockwell-no account filed
September 2006HailBrockwell-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindBrockwell-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBrockwell-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindBrockwell-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindBrockwell-no account filed
February 1999HailBrockwell-no account filed
April 1996HailBrockwell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Izard 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
Twin Bridges1.3 miles10
Jett (historical)2.2 miles10
Newburg2.2 miles10
Band Mill2.9 miles10
New Liberty3.3 miles10
Belview3.6 miles10
Larkin3.8 miles9
Violet Hill4.6 miles10

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.

Wikipedia article on BrockwellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4972908The 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 57444. 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.