BlockBrookings, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72453. It stands on Little River. The Survey maps it on the Peach Orchard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 Knobel quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Knobel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Peach Orchard quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Knobel quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Paragould quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Brookings between 2005 and 2006, burning about 30 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 November 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 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 Brookings: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brookings in 2 storm reports between 2004 and 2019: 2 tornado. 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 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Brookings | $75,000 | The tornado moved into Clay county from Randolph county and continued to move east. The tornado damaged a couple of cabins in Brookings and destroyed a small farm house near Peach Orchard. Two persons living in the farm house abandoned the house before the tornado struck. Several tombstones were blown down at a cemetery near Peach Orchard. Twelve utility poles were knocked down. Several trees were blown down and some soybean fields were damaged. |
| August 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Brookings | - | A crop duster pilot spotted the landspout between Lake Ashbaugh and Brookings. No damage was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peach Orchard | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Heelstring | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Knobel | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Sellmeyer (historical) | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Datto | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Luehrmann (historical) | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Twin Oaks | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Cache Lake | 10.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57445. 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.