Landers, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Dover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72104. The Survey maps it on the Malvern South quadrangle.

Landers within Hot Spring County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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.

1948 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1949 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Malvern South quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
2000 USGS Malvern South quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

167 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Landers between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,183 acres in total. 8 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 burning	69
Arson/incendiarism	52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	24
Natural	8
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Smoking	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
8 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 2005	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2000	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1997	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hot Spring County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Landers: 5 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Malvern Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Hot Spring 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Durian (historical)	1.8 miles	12
Fleming (historical)	2.3 miles	12
Twin Oak (historical)	2.7 miles	12
Rolla	4.0 miles	9
Lono	4.4 miles	9
Harp	4.8 miles	12
Central	5.8 miles	12
Walco (historical)	6.2 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58045. 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.