BlockBefore

Leitner, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Vaugine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71602. The Survey maps it on the White Hall quadrangle.

Leitner within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

88 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Leitner between 2001 and 2020, burning about 220 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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 burning37
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2004Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2005Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Leitner: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cross County Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Easton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pine Bluff PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

8 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leitner in 8 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
September 2021Thunderstorm WindLeitner$100,000National Weather Service storm survey revealed straight-line microburst winds caused damage near West 13th Avenue, just west of Pine Bluff. Damage consisted of large tree branches broken, small trees uprooted, concrete-supported posts pulled out of the ground, snapped tree trunks, and a large metal roof canopy being ripped off a barn structure. This roof structure then blew into a home, damaging the home and a garage.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindLeitner$34,000Damage occurred at Dollarway High School. Part of the roof was blown off the gym, a large tree fell on a covered walkway and the corner of the library, and two telephone poles were knocked down.
June 2008LightningLeitner$15,000Lightning struck an electrical substation on the northwest side of Pine Bluff. More than 2000 electric customers were without power for more than five hours.
October 2009Flash FloodLeitner$10,000A number of streets were flooded in Pine Bluff.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindLeitner$5,000One large, old oak tree was uprooted and another was snapped off. Shingles were blown off a house.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindLeitner-A tree was blown down by the thunderstorm.
March 2016Flash FloodLeitner-Several Streets in Pine Bluff were closed due to flash flooding.
March 2016Flash FloodLeitner-Emergency Management reports heavy rain has caused flooding of many roads in and around Pine Bluff, making them impassible.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
College Park (historical)1.0 miles16
Henslee Heights1.2 miles16
Lamb (historical)1.2 miles16
West End1.9 miles10
White Hall2.1 miles16
Warbritton2.6 miles16
Baldwin2.6 miles16
Oakland Heights3.6 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122555976The 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 58053. 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.