Landers, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bolivar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72472. The Survey maps it on the McCormick quadrangle.

Landers within Poinsett County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

1940 USGS Dee quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Dee quadrangle1:62500
1983 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

7 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Landers between 1999 and 2009, burning about 114 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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	6
Arson/incendiarism	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
30 March 2006	Debris and open burning	11 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 March 2006	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 February 2009	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 February 1999	Arson/incendiarism	22 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
8 January 2006	Debris and open burning	35 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 January 2002	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 January 2001	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Poinsett County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Landers: 7 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
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
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Poinsett 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
Weona	1.6 miles	9
Whitaker	1.8 miles	9
McCormick	2.4 miles	9
Old Weona	3.0 miles	9
Engman (historical)	3.7 miles	9
Walnut Grove Corner	4.1 miles	9
Weona Junction	4.3 miles	9
Promised Land	4.8 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77441. 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.