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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1890 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midway quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Midway quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
38 since 1993Regional 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 burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | BAX2751200 |
| 2 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Buffalo National River | COZY FIRE |
| 18 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 May 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentry Mine | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Johnson Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Bald Dave Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Ida Webber | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Otis Robbins | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Whipple Claims | Lead, Zinc | Prospect |
Storms near this place
11 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Three Brothers | $1,500,000 | Many 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Three Brothers | $50,000 | A barn was flattened and another barn roof landed on vehicles. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Three Brothers | $25,000 | Small creeks overflowed throughout Baxter County. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Three Brothers | $15,000 | Streets were flooded in Mountain Home and several roads west of town were damaged. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Three Brothers | $10,000 | Trees were blown down and the siding was ripped off a home. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Three Brothers | $5,000 | A spotter reported winds estimated over 60 mph, with trees down. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Three Brothers | $2,000 | Water 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Three Brothers | - | Few trees downed. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Three Brothers | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Three Brothers | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Three Brothers | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkawana | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Midway | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Clarkridge | 6.3 miles | 20 | |
| Spring Lake Estates | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Fawn Park | 7.1 miles | 20 | |
| Lakeview | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Monkey Run | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Amos | 7.6 miles | 18 |
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 Brothers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18394278 | The 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.











