Luber, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 5. It lies in ZIP code area 72560. It lies near Tater Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mountain View quadrangle. It stands 1,207 feet above sea level.
On record in Luber
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Luber Schoollisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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 Mountain View quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:24000
- 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
35 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Luber between 1999 and 2020, burning about 495 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2000 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 19 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 July 2011 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 April 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 26 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Luber in 1 storm report in 2003: 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Hail | Luber | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Kahoka (historical) | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Parma | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| East Richwoods | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| West Richwoods | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Turkey Creek | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Chalybeate Springs | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Mountain View | 7.3 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Luber | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6695184 | The 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 58097. 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.
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.








