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Izard County, Arkansas

90 topographic sheets cover 55 settlements here, and 18 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

18 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Arkansas within the United States
Izard County within Arkansas

What the record shows

  • 743 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 18 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 16 buildings, 1 district and 1 site.
  • 1 of the 18 listings was added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 55 populated places in this county; 55 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

18

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Arnold Springs Farmsteadbuilding201010000285
Boswell Schoolbuilding199292001178
Calico Rock Historic Districtdistrict198585003499
Calico Rock Historic District (Boundary Increase)building198988002827
Calico Rock Home Economics Buildingbuilding199292001200
Calico Rock Methodist Episcopal Churchbuilding200707000971
Caney Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Churchbuilding199595000693
Izard County Courthousebuilding199393001025
Jeffery Cemeterysite199999001261
A. C. Jeffery Farmsteadbuilding199494000825
Jumbo Church of Christbuilding199999000222
Missouri Pacific Railroad Depotbuilding200404001036
Mount Olive Cumberland Presbyterian Churchbuilding200404000503
Philadelphia Methodist Churchbuilding197676000420
Pine Ridge School Buildingbuilding199494000161
Rector Log Barnbuilding199393000488
Sylvester Smith Farmsteadbuilding199292001222
Vest Cemeterybuilding201615000284

Wildfire, 1997 to 2020

996 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 996 of them, burning about 25,344 acres. 12 started naturally and 377 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism377
Debris and open burning320
Missing data/not specified/undetermined243
Equipment and vehicle use26
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Three of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined928 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionDOLPH
13 April 2003Arson/incendiarism800 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionD8166
6 March 2016Debris and open burning370 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 March 2007Arson/incendiarism322 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionTURKEY PEN
5 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined284 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 February 2011Debris and open burning258 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionDEER PEN
3 April 2011Arson/incendiarism246 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionBOSWELL FIRE
27 March 2000Debris and open burning244 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1950 to 2025

60 of 355 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 355 reports for this county, causing 5 deaths, 61 injuries and about $39,677,530 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind147
Hail135
Tornado25
Flash Flood24
Flood15
Lightning5
Heavy Rain4

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1996Tornado (F4)Sylamore2 killed, 30 hurt, $5,000,000no account filed
February 2008Tornado (EF3)Guion2 killed, 20 hurt, $11,500,000The tornado moved out of Stone County, northeast of Mountain View, into Izard County, just northwest of Guion. A survey by the Federal Emergency Management Agency indicated 106 residential structures (houses and mobile homes) suffered damage. This included 43 residences destroyed, 14 with major damage, 36 with minor damage, and 13 others affected. A cattle farmer lost hundreds of cattle to the tornado. Two fatalities occurred: One in a mobile home in the Rose Trail area, and the other in a mobile home at Zion. The tornado continued into Sharp County, in the area northwest of Evening Shade.
January 2007Heavy RainZion1 killedHeavy rainfall increased water levels along a number of low water crossings across Izard County. A vehicle attempted to drive through a low water crossing along the Piney Fork of the Strawberry River, northeast of Zion, and was swept downstream. The only person in the vehicle was the driver who drowned.
March 2022Tornado (EF2)Sage5 hurt, $325,000This tornado started in central Izard county, just southeast of Melbourne, and tracked northeast 9.86 miles in Izard county. The tornado continued into into western Sharp county and dissipating northwest of Evening Shade. There was mostly tree damage. Several homes in and around Sage had roof damage, with a few barns and sheds heavily damaged. The worst damage was 0.5 mile east of Sage, with numerous trees snapped and a horse barn destroyed. Farther northeast, a mobile home was rolled, and a person was injured. A modular home was ripped apart about 4.0 miles west-northwest of Evening Shade. The occupants went to a nearby metal storage container for shelter, and it was rolled. There were four injuries reported here, including one serious injury.
March 1996Tornado (F3)Melbourne2 hurt, $1,000,000no account filed
April 2013Thunderstorm WindHorseshoe Bend Arpt1 hurt, $1,800,000Most of the thunderstorm wind damage was close to the shore of Crown Lake, but several houses near Diamond Lake also sustained damage. Altogether, 41 houses were damaged. Of this number, 3 were destroyed and 8 had major damage. The remaining 30 houses had lesser amounts of damage. One woman was injured when a brick wall of her home collapsed inward.
November 1988Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
March 1950Tornado (F3)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
May 1957Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
March 2008FloodBoswell$12,000,000Heavy rain caused the White River at Calico Rock to go well above major flood level. The river crested less than a foot lower than the December, 1982 flood crest, but there has been substantial development in the floodplain during the last 25 years. Water was covering Arkansas Highways 5 and 56. The foot bridges that crossed Calico Creek were washed out. Water got into the lower units of a motel, into a business in Peppersauce Alley, buildings on Chesmond Landing, and many houses. At least 20 homes in Mt. Olive and 13 in Guion were flooded or totally washed away. Over 40 homes sustained some degree of damage and about 20 were washed away by the floodwaters. There was a fishing outfitting businesses that was destroyed, with the business and the dock with boats and equipment torn away by the swift waters. There were also reports of large round hay bales and cattle, both alive and dead, in the river.
April 2011FloodHorseshoe Bend$2,000,000Widespread areal flooding occurred. On the 27th, a Missouri and Northern Arkansas train derailed after hitting a track washout near Twin Creek. The locomotive and one car fell into the White River.
May 2011FloodHorseshoe Bend$1,500,000no account filed
March 2008Flash FloodDolph$1,000,000Low lying roads, bridges, and low water crossings were flooded. Arkansas Highway 56 was closed briefly between Calico Rock and Brockwell due to flooding.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindMelbourne$500,000Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off the drive-thru at a bank and several metal buildings were damaged. A high school gymnasium roof also sustained damage.
April 2013Tornado (EF2)Mt Olive$350,000An EF2 tornado caused damage along the White River and just a couple of blocks on land adjacent to the river. It was apparent that a portion of this tornado was a waterspout in the river. A log house and its adjacent garage were destroyed. The house had its roof and part of its back wall torn off, and the structure was shifted on its foundation. Several other houses were damaged, primarily on their roofs. One house had a covered porch torn off and another had a tree fall against it. A four-slip boat dock was overturned on the White River and two boats were sunk. Hundreds of trees were snapped off or uprooted.
April 2008FloodPineville$250,000Heavy rain produced significant rises on the upper White River and tributaries. The combination of high river flows and the excessive upstream reservoir releases caused a second major flood event at the Calico Rock gage. Homes and businesses were flooded for a second time in less than month in Calico Rock and Sylamore. Damages were limited to repairs made since the March flooding.
May 1974Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
April 1970Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
March 1996Tornado (F2)Oxford$180,000no account filed
April 2014Flash FloodDolph$150,000Arkansas 69 was under water at Mt. Pleasant. County roads suffered damage.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMelbourne$125,000Part of the roof of a house was torn off, allowing water to run inside and ruin many of the furnishings in the house. The roof was also taken off of a pole barn.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindFranklin$100,000Fallen trees caused damage to a home and a vehicle in Franklin.
June 2008LightningBrockwell$100,000A fire destroyed a sawmill. Lightning struck a power pole, setting fire to the electrical lines, then the electrical boxes, and finally, the building.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindBone Town$80,000Two barns on Finely Creek Rd. sustained damage, and multiple mobile homes were blown off of their blocks on Piney Cove Rd.
December 2009FloodHorseshoe Bend Arpt$75,000North Little Rock Road and Tri Lakes Road were closed due to flooding.
October 2009Flash FloodCalico Rock$65,000Significant flooding occurred along County Road 9 and Arkansas Highways 56 and 69. Many other county roads were covered by water.
August 2013Flash FloodPineville$50,000A bridge on Harris Rd. sustained serious damage, causing the road to be closed. Near the junction of Arkansas Highways 223 and 56, parts of both roads were under water. Two footbridges were washed away by Fairgrounds Creek at Earl King Park in Calico Rock. A water line was washed out at Wideman.
August 2011LightningOxford$50,000Lightning started a grass fire, which spread to a residence.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindMelbourne$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines.
November 1993Thunderstorm WindBrockwell$50,000Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a residence, and a barn was also damaged. Several large trees were blown down.
December 2010Thunderstorm WindWiseman$40,000Several windows were blown out in Wiseman. A tractor was blown over and moved, and part of a roof was torn off.
August 2011LightningMelbourne$25,000Lightning struck a tree in Melbourne, causing it to catch fire. After the fire was extinguished, it was discovered that there was also a leak in a 1.5 inch natural gas line. The gas company responded to repair the leak.
April 2008Flash FloodSylamore$25,000Arkansas Highway 9 between Newburg and Brockwell was flooded. Several county roads were flooded.
September 2008Tornado (EF0)Gid$25,000A weak tornado was spawned by Tropical Depression Gustav. A mobile home had damage to its roof, the porch roof and the underpinning were torn off, and the carport sailed up a hill and became stuck in a fence. A storm door was torn off a house, as were a few pieces of siding. A carport and trampoline at a house were destroyed. A few large limbs were torn off trees.
September 1989Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 1973Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 1964Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock$20,000Trees and power lines were blown down. One of the trees fell on Arkansas 223, blocking a lane. Power outages occurred in the southwest part of town.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLa Crosse$15,000There was significant roof damage at a manufacturing plant. Several large sections of roofing material were blown off, causing damage to some of the a/c units.
June 2007LightningHorseshoe Bend$12,000Lightning struck a 1,000 gallon tank propane system at Crown Point Resort causing a fire which melted the siding on a guest unit. The resulting electrical surge burned out 18 televisions, several office telephones and a communications control panel.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTwin Creek$10,000Several trees were snapped off, there was minor roof damage to several houses, and lawn furniture was thrown around 300 feet.
April 2011Flash FloodOxford$10,000Several streams went out of their banks after 2 3/4 inches of rain fell between 4:30 and 5:30 PM CDT.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindFranklin$10,000Trees were down across County Road 69. A house lost its shingles.
May 2011FloodCalico Rock$10,000no account filed
August 2015Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock$5,000A tree fell onto a house.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock$5,000A few trees were blown down in the Calico Rock area.
February 2011Flash FloodLove$5,000Hars Creek Rd. was blocked south of Arkansas Highway 56.
July 2011Flash FloodFranklin$5,000Flash flooding occurred on Arkansas 56 east of Franklin toward Myron.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWideman$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMelbourne$5,000Two trees and a power line were blown down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMelbourne$5,000Several trees were blown down.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindPineville$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines.
November 1993Thunderstorm WindViolet Hill$5,000Several trees were blown down.
November 1993Thunderstorm WindZion$5,000Some trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
April 2011FloodCalico Rock$5,000no account filed
May 2011FloodCalico Rock$5,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindHorseshoe Bend$4,000Two power poles were snapped just outside Horseshoe Bend along Arkansas Highway 289.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWideman$3,000Trees were blown down.
June 1974Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHorseshoe Bend$2,000A large limb was broken off a tree and many smaller limbs and branches were blown down.

Mines and quarries

81 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 81 workings inside this county. 1 still produces and 80 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Manganese59
Sand and Gravel, Construction8
Stone4
Iron3
Limestone, Dimension3
Aluminum2
Stone, Crushed/Broken2
Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead1
Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken1
Marble, Dimension1
Limestone, High Calcium1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Guion Mine & PlantSilica, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMassive bedded St. Peter Sandstone
Stone Produducts Corp.QuarryMarble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownBedded limestone - Kimmswick formation
Time StokesIron, Sulfur-Pyrite, LeadOccurrence
Williamson PropertyLimestone, High CalciumUnknownBedded limestone
Arkansas Limestone Co.Limestone, Dimension, Aluminum, StoneUnknownBedded high calcium limestone
Meyersville SpurStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Meyersville Spur Limestone PropertyAluminumPast ProducerSurface
Bolt SpurLimestone, DimensionUnknown
L.C.Crutchfield DepositIronOccurrence
Love Hollow Limestone Co.Limestone, DimensionProspect
UnkIronUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Adler Hollow MineManganesePast Producer1918
Alexander HillManganeseProspect
Anderson ProspectManganesePast Producer
Austin PropertyManganeseOccurrence
Barksdale MineManganesePast Producer1918
Bevans ProspectManganeseProspect
Bone ProspectManganesePast Producer1918
Breeden ProspectManganesePast Producer1917
C L Sanders ProspectManganesePast Producer1917
Caraway ProspectManganesePast Producer1918
Casey ProspectManganesePast Producer1929
Cave Hill MineManganesePast Producer1917
Clous-DobsonManganeseProspect
Crutchfield FarmManganeseOccurrence
Cummins Hollow MineManganesePast Producer1918
E D Winkle ProspectManganesePast Producer
Earl Collie MineManganesePast Producer1917
Edmunson ProspectManganesePast Producer
Ernest D.Martin PropertyManganesePast Producer
Glen C.Brewster PropertyManganeseOccurrence
H.J.Ray ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Haddock ProspectManganesePast Producer1917
Hall ProspectManganesePast Producer1918
Helm ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Henry King ProspectManganeseProspect
Hollawell ProspectManganesePast Producer1918
Izard MineManganesePast Producer1917
Johnson Hill MineManganesePast Producer1918
Klondike MineManganesePast Producer1918
L B Ray ProspectManganesePast Producer1918
L J Weaver MineManganesePast Producer
Lewis ProspectManganeseProspect
Love ProspectManganeseOccurrence
M E Wilson ProspectManganesePast Producer1918
Manganese Field MineManganesePast Producer1918
Mcconnell MineManganesePast Producer1918
Moser ProspectManganesePast Producer
O Gilsby ProspectManganesePast Producer1918
Penters Bluff MineManganesePast Producer1929
Pittman MineManganesePast Producer1928
Pittman MinesManganesePast Producer1918
Pugh MineManganesePast Producer1918
Rudolph ProspectManganesePast Producer1917
Ruminer Rough MineManganesePast Producer1918
Sand Field MineManganesePast Producer1918
Shaft Hill MineManganesePast Producer1918
Skelton Hill MineManganesePast Producer1918
Skelton-Hanford ProspectManganeseProspect
Speck MineManganesePast Producer1934
St.Clair Marble Co's ProspectManganeseOccurrence
T.C.Winkle ProspectManganeseOccurrence
United Phosphate and Chem CoManganesePast Producer1917
UnkManganeseUnknown
Verna MineManganesePast Producer1918
W A King MineManganesePast Producer1918
W.D.LewisManganeseOccurrence
W.K.Tate ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Williamson Gully ProspectManganesePast Producer
Williamson-Gulley ProspectManganesePast Producer1917

Every populated place in the county

55

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Izard County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.