Lebanon, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Spring Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72650. It lies near Possum Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Marshall quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lebanon within Searcy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

148 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Lebanon (historical) between 1996 and 2020, burning about 7,994 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 80 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
Arson/incendiarism	80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	39
Debris and open burning	25
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Natural	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
3 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	15 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 June 2011	Arson/incendiarism	97 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 May 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Buffalo National River	UNDERGROUND WF
22 May 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Buffalo National River	CALFCREEK2
21 May 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Buffalo National River	CALFCREEK
21 May 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Buffalo National River	FTEP
19 May 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Buffalo National River	POTTER WF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lebanon (historical): 3 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Buffalo River Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Searcy County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Searcy County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Searcy 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
Baker Hollow	1.3 miles	17
Dongola	2.3 miles	19
Buroak	3.0 miles	19
Jameson (historical)	3.0 miles	17
Zeb (historical)	3.2 miles	19
Canaan	3.5 miles	16
Zack	3.9 miles	17
Silver Hill	4.1 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69964. 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.