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.
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
Pine Ridge School Buildinglisted 1994
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1951 USGS Melbourne quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Melbourne NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
157 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 2011 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
15 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Lightning | Brockwell | $100,000 | A fire destroyed a sawmill. Lightning struck a power pole, setting fire to the electrical lines, then the electrical boxes, and finally, the building. |
| November 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockwell | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a residence, and a barn was also damaged. Several large trees were blown down. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockwell | - | Thunderstorm winds partially removed a roof from a home at Brockwell. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockwell | - | Trees were downed on Highway 56. |
| April 2003 | Flash Flood | Brockwell | - | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding along Highway 56 west of Brockwell. The roadway was blocked due to high water for several hours. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Brockwell | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Brockwell | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Brockwell | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Brockwell | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockwell | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockwell | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockwell | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockwell | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Hail | Brockwell | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Brockwell | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Bridges | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Jett (historical) | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Newburg | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Band Mill | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| New Liberty | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Belview | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Larkin | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Violet Hill | 4.6 miles | 10 |
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 Brockwell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4972908 | 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 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.






