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Three Brothers, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 2. It lies in ZIP code area 72653. The Survey maps it on the Midway quadrangle.

Three Brothers within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

38 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Three Brothers between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,355 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Smoking1

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
21 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 1999Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2014Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionBAX2751200
2 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreBuffalo National RiverCOZY FIRE
18 July 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 May 2012Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter 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 Three Brothers: 6 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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
Gentry MineIronProspect
Johnson ProspectManganeseProspect
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Bald Dave ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Ida WebberLead, ZincProspect
Otis RobbinsLead, ZincProspect
Whipple ClaimsLead, ZincProspect

Every working recorded in Baxter County

Storms near this place

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Three Brothers in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
March 2008Flash FloodThree Brothers$1,500,000Many roads were closed across the county and a number of mudslides occurred. Arkansas Highway 201 between Shady Grove and Arkana was flooded, as were County Roads 510 and 10 near Midway, County Road 806 in the Gamaliel area, County Road 63, County Road 65 in the Jordan area, County Road 72 at Plum Tree Lane, County Roads 7 and 1 in the Cotter area, County Road 105 at Norfork, Old Mill Road, and Tucker Cemetery Road.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindThree Brothers$50,000A barn was flattened and another barn roof landed on vehicles.
July 2010Flash FloodThree Brothers$25,000Small creeks overflowed throughout Baxter County.
September 2010Flash FloodThree Brothers$15,000Streets were flooded in Mountain Home and several roads west of town were damaged.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindThree Brothers$10,000Trees were blown down and the siding was ripped off a home.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindThree Brothers$5,000A spotter reported winds estimated over 60 mph, with trees down.
September 2009Flash FloodThree Brothers$2,000Water covered County Road 16 about one-half mile east of Arkansas Highway 5. Also, water was covering Promise Land Road about one and a half miles west of Arkansas Highway 5.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindThree Brothers-Few trees downed.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindThree Brothers-no account filed
May 2003HailThree Brothers-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindThree Brothers-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baxter 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
Arkawana3.4 miles19
Midway4.6 miles19
Clarkridge6.3 miles20
Spring Lake Estates6.9 miles18
Fawn Park7.1 miles20
Lakeview7.2 miles18
Monkey Run7.4 miles18
Amos7.6 miles18

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 Three BrothersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18394278The 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 55557. 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.