Laneburg, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Albany Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71835. It stands on Little Sandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Laneburg quadrangle. It stands 299 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1901 USGS Gurdon quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Laneburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
122 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Laneburg between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,253 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Laneburg: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosston Deposits | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laneburg in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Laneburg | $80,000 | NWS conducted a storm survey and determined that damage in Nevada County was consistent with that of a tornado. Damage consisted of metal roofing partially peeled off a barn, a tree down on a house, a barn destroyed and two trees down across a mobile home. Several trees were also uprooted along the 10 mile track including several along route 299 from Morris to Bluff City. A tree also fell across a home just southwest of Bluff City. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laneburg | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laneburg | $25,000 | A fallen tree resulted in substantial roof damage to a home. Several other trees bell behind the home. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laneburg | - | Multiple trees downed across Highway 371 in Laneburg. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laneburg | - | Three chicken houses had their roofs partially removed. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Laneburg | - | High water from excessive heavy rainfall closed Highway 53 southeast of Emmet, Arkansas. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Laneburg | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Laneburg | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Laneburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serepta Springs (historical) | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Harmony | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Moriah | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Sutton | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| New Mount Moriah (historical) | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Morris | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Bennett (historical) | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Clayton (historical) | 6.4 miles | 15 |
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 Laneburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6485474 | 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 77443. 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.







