Leonard, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1984. It stands in East Oak Bluff-Blue Cane Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72461. It stands on White Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Senath quadrangle.

Leonard within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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.

1934 USGS Kennett quadrangle1:62500
1940 USGS Kennett quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Kennett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Senath quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Paragould quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

2 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Leonard between 1998 and 1999, burning about 17 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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 February 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
11 November 1999	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Leonard: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Guy Bucy	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
I Golden	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
I Stahl	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Johnson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Melvin Copeland Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Stahl Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Stahl Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Trs Trucking Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Hargrave Corner	2.9 miles	12
Heubner	3.3 miles	14
Rector	3.8 miles	14
Pratt	4.8 miles	14
Holly Island Community	5.6 miles	12
Hammett (historical)	6.5 miles	12
West Kennett	7.3 miles	11
Patterson	7.7 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58057. 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.