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Lebanon, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Red Colony Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71833. It stands on Woolsey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dierks quadrangle.

Lebanon within Sevier County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

Fires near this place

96 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Lebanon between 1997 and 2020, burning about 745 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 37 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/incendiarism37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Natural13
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sevier County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Lebanon: 7 past producers, 6 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite, Strontium, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Buzbee ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Dequeen Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStonePast Producer
Beane ProspectStrontiumOccurrence
Cherry DepositBarium-BariteOccurrence
James ProspectStrontiumOccurrence
Richards ProspectStrontiumOccurrence
Section 16 Barite DepositBarium-BaritePast Producer
UnkBarium-BariteProspect
UnkBarium-BariteProspect

Every working recorded in Sevier County

Storms near this place

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lebanon in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2024Flash FloodLebanon-Flash flooding reported with high water covering Provo Road.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLebanon-Numerous large pine trees were downed in the Greens Chapel community.
May 2009HailLebanon-Hail reported along the Saline River along the border of Sevier and Howard Counties.
March 2007HailLebanon-Hail fell in the community of Greens Chapel.

Every storm recorded in Sevier 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Provo4.8 miles14
Red Hill (historical)6.5 miles14
Red Wing8.7 miles14
Fairview8.9 miles15
Geneva9.7 miles14
Cross Trails (historical)10.1 miles14
Lockesburg10.3 miles10
King11.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77464. 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.