BlockBruins, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lucas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72348. It lies near Goat Island. The Survey maps it on the Horseshoe Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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.
- 1931 USGS Horseshoe Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Horseshoe Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Horseshoe Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Horseshoe Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Horseshoe Lake NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Horseshoe Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
3 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bruins in 3 storm reports between 1993 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flood | Bruins | $500,000 | The Mississippi River rose to record levels by the beginning and middle part of May. Levees held back the water thus only a few homes along the river were flooded and sustained damage. Several thousand acres of agriculture fields were flooded. Several roads were flooded and/or damaged. The river remained above flood stage through the end of the month. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruins | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruins | - | Straight line winds knocked down numerous trees on multiple county roads near Horseshoe Lake. A steeple was blown off a church as well. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Lake | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Seyppel | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Beck | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Thompson Grove | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Highland Farm | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Pinckney | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Irby (historical) | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| Thompson | 8.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 67748. 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.
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.