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Sanders, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Alabama Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71827. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lamartine quadrangle.

Sanders within Nevada County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

99 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Sanders between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,248 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined37
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural8
Smoking4

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
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2000Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2004Smoking3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sanders: 5 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Falcon MineIronProspect
Falcon OperationsIronPast Producer
UnkIronPast Producer
UnkIronPast Producer
UnkIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Falcon3.2 miles12
Stockton3.3 miles13
Delta3.9 miles13
Willisville4.0 miles15
Bodcaw6.0 miles15
Irma6.5 miles15
Davidson6.5 miles13
Brisbane (historical)7.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58582. 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.