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Sandy Land, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Smackover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71730. The Survey maps it on the Smackover quadrangle.

Sandy Land within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

181 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Land between 1997 and 2020, burning about 734 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined92
Debris and open burning32
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use18
Natural8
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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 1998Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2000Smoking4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sandy Land: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Union 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
Kenova1.6 miles17
Norphlet2.4 miles17
Smackover2.4 miles17
Quinn5.9 miles15
Dumas City6.0 miles16
Herma6.6 miles15
Nugulf7.0 miles19
Lisbon7.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58586. 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.