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Brookland, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Brookland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72417. The Survey maps it on the Brookland quadrangle. 4,064 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 262 feet above sea level.

Brookland within Craighead County

Population over time

2 figures

Brookland grew from 1,642 to 4,064 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,642
20204,064+2,422 (+148%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

58 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Brookland between 1998 and 2020, burning about 447 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
22 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionCRA3323638
27 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Craighead County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Brookland: 8 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Craighead County

Storms near this place

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brookland in 30 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 6 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2007Flash FloodBrookland$750,000Heavy rainfall of four to five inches produced flash flooding on Bridger Creek. The flood waters moved into the Windsor Landing and Sage Meadow Subdivisions in the Farrville area. At least twenty-five homes were flooded. Two of the home's garages exploded due to fumes from gasoline containers interacting with water heater pilot lights. A few automobiles were also flooded.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBrookland$100,000Several county roads were blocked to downed power lines and trees. The city of Brookland suffered from several downed trees and power lines as well. An equipment shed on County Road 741 suffered roof damage.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindBrookland$50,000Thunderstorm winds took the roof off a pro shop and maintenance building at a golf course. Several tree limbs were downed.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBrookland$20,000Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down across Brookland.
August 2022Flash FloodBrookland$20,000A few stalled cars and numerous streets flooded in Brookland.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindBrookland$20,000A metal storage building was lifted up off the ground and slammed down. Several houses sustained roof damage. A hay barn was damaged. Some trees and power lines were knocked down.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBrookland$15,000Bleachers knocked down at Brookland High School Football Field.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindBrookland$10,000Trees uprooted or snapped and a roof was blown off in Brookland via MPING report.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBrookland$5,000A few trees were blown down.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindBrookland$2,000Straight line winds blew trees down in Brookland.
April 2008HailBrookland$2,000no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindBrookland$1,000Tree limbs were knocked down in Brookland by wind gusts estimated at 70 mph.
April 2004Flash FloodBrookland$1,000Flood waters reached the underpinnings of several homes near a creek in northern Craighead county.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindBrookland$1,000Some small trees were blown down.
July 1995HailBrookland$200no account filed
April 2004HailBrookland$150no account filed
January 2000HailBrookland$100no account filed
July 1995HailBrookland$100no account filed
March 2005HailBrookland$50no account filed
August 2003HailBrookland$50no account filed
May 2003HailBrookland$10no account filed
May 2000HailBrookland$10no account filed
April 2022HailBrookland-Golf ball-sized hail northeast of Jonesboro.
April 2022HailBrookland-Estimated baseball-sized hail in Brookland via MPING report.
May 2015Flash FloodBrookland-Heavy rain produced flash flooding in and around Brookland. Numerous roads were flooded including Bernis Street. Rainfall amounts ranged between 2.5 and 3 inches.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBrookland-A Ham radio operator measured an 81 mph wind gust in Brookland. As a result, significant wind damage occurred in Brookland. Numerous trees were knocked down and a shed was destroyed.
June 2013Flash FloodBrookland-Heavy rain produced flash flooding across Craighead County. Several roads in the Jonesboro area were flooded including Phillips Drive and Washington Avenue.
May 2009Flash FloodBrookland-Heavy rain produced flash flooding around portions of Craighead County. Streets were flooded in Jonesboro. In addition, County Road 755 near Philadelphia was impassable due to flood waters.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindBrookland-Winds were estimated at 65 mph near County Road 963 and Highway 230 outside of Brookland.
April 2021HailBrookland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Craighead 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
Jonesboro Junction1.7 miles10
Antioch2.0 miles10
Smithville (historical)2.5 miles10
Aetna2.5 miles10
Farrville2.9 miles10
Whitburg (historical)3.5 miles10
Goobertown3.6 miles10
Buck Snort3.6 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 BrooklandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2666905The 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 76423. 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.