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Brooks, Arkansas

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hurricane Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72002. It stands on Brier Lick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bryant quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Brooks within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 23 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

209 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Brooks (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,088 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 52 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 burning69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Arson/incendiarism52
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3

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 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning165 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2015Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minor20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Brooks (historical): 36 unknowns, 8 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Niobium (Columbium). 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
Alcoa Arkansas OperationsAluminum, Gallium, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreeProducer1886, 1952
Bryant MillTalc-Soapstone, Slate, DimensionProducer
Hurricane Creek DepositNiobium (Columbium)Occurrence
Long-Bell DepositBentoniteUnknown
Milwhite BariteBarium-BariteProducer
No NameLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Quapaw Bauxite MineAluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreePast Producer1920, 1932
Republic Mining & Mgf. Co.IronUnknown
Saline CountyAluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreeProspect1887
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Saline 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
Brooks0.0 miles23
Goodman1.3 miles23
Lignite2.2 miles23
Pine Haven2.2 miles23
Hurricane (historical)2.3 miles23
Dirtdauber (historical)2.5 miles23
Woodland Hills2.9 miles23
Vimy Ridge3.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65940. 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.