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Linder, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in East Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72058. It lies near Tater Hill. The Survey maps it on the Holland quadrangle.

Linder within Faulkner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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

100 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Linder between 1997 and 2020, burning about 803 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 17 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 burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2007Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Faulkner County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Linder: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
UnkStonePast Producer
Mc Ray QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Faulkner County

Storms near this place

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linder in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
January 2018Tornado (EF1)Linder$100,000The most extensive damage occurred to the Needs Creek Church and adjacent neighborhood. The church suffered extensive roof damage, as did a few homes in the neighborhood. Other damage includes the destruction of outbuildings and minor roof damage to other buildings along the path. Winds in the Needs Creek area were estimated to have been near 100 mph (EF1), the highest estimated for this tornado. Trees and power lines were reported down in the area as well.
January 2018Thunderstorm WindLinder$50,000There was a 2 mile swath of damage that started at Arkla Valley and Highway 287. Multiple structures were destroyed, roofs were tore off, and trees and power lines were down.
January 2018Thunderstorm WindLinder$50,000The roof was blown off Needs Creek Baptist Church east of Springhill. Trees and power lines were reported down in the area as well.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindLinder-A large cedar tree snapped in half and fell ten feet away from the base of the tree.

Every storm recorded in Faulkner 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
Springhill1.0 miles11
Old Linder (historical)2.4 miles11
Greenbrier3.1 miles11
Pleasant Valley4.1 miles11
Wooster4.5 miles11
Pickles Gap (historical)4.7 miles11
Acklin Gap (historical)4.7 miles11
Soda Valley4.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77501. 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.