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Southland, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Cleburne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72355. The Survey maps it on the West Helena quadrangle.

Southland within Phillips County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Southland between 1992 and 2015, burning about 301 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBLAIR
3 September 2000Smokingunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsSAND
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsSYCAMORE
18 August 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2000Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2000Arson/incendiarism12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2010Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsELM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Phillips 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 Southland: 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 Phillips County

Storms near this place

9 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Southland in 9 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
April 2022Thunderstorm WindSouthland$5,000Trees uprooted on Springdale Road and 9th Street.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindSouthland$3,000Trees down blocking Alice Street in Helena-West Helena.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindSouthland-A large tree was downed on State Hwy 242, near the intersection of CR 210. This tree caused both lanes of Hwy 242 to be blocked.
April 2025Flash FloodSouthland-A car was submerged in a parking lot along N. Sebastian Street.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSouthland-Powerlines knocked down at Sebastian Street and Plaza Avenue. Tree knocked down on Park Street.
October 2010HailSouthland-Quarter size hail fell over Helena-West Helena for at least 30 minutes. Hail covered the ground up to a depth of four inches. Substantial tree damage occurred from the hail. An awning was knocked down as well.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindSouthland-Straight line winds knocked down several trees in Helena-West Helena.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindSouthland-Straight line winds blew trees down in Helena-West Helena.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindSouthland-Straight line winds blew numerous trees and power lines down in and around Helena-West Helena.

Every storm recorded in Phillips 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
West Helena2.5 miles16
Holiday Hills3.2 miles16
Belser (historical)3.4 miles16
Huma3.6 miles16
Midland Heights3.7 miles16
Wycamp3.9 miles16
Oak Forest4.1 miles16
Pillar4.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58662. 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.