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Lee County, Arkansas

70 topographic sheets cover 55 settlements here, and 11 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

11 National Register listings published here, 1 of them a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Arkansas within the United States
Lee County within Arkansas

What the record shows

  • 865 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 11 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 8 buildings, 1 object, 1 site and 1 district.
  • 3 of the 11 listings were 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

11

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
Elks Clubbuilding197979000445
Gen. Robert E. Lee Monumentobject199696000450
Lee County Courthousebuilding199595001090
Louisiana Purchase Survey Markersite197272000206
Marianna Commercial Historic Districtdistrict200100001559
Marianna Missouri-Pacific Depotbuilding199494000827
Marianna National Guard Armorybuilding200706001267
Marianna Waterworksbuilding200706001281
McClintock Housebuilding198282000857
McClintock Housebuilding197777000261
John A. Plummer Housebuilding199898000646

Wildfire, 1993 to 2013

37 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 37 of them, burning about 350 acres. 1 started naturally and 8 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 March 1999Arson/incendiarism90 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsTWO STORY
26 June 1998Debris and open burning51 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 March 2006Arson/incendiarism35 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsTHIRD FIRE
7 April 2006Debris and open burning33 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 October 2000Debris and open burning27 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 October 2000Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 March 2007Debris and open burning15 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsWEBB
9 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsARCHIE

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

Storms, 1955 to 2025

60 of 123 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 123 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 29 injuries and about $4,447,980 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind60
Hail34
Tornado13
Flash Flood9
Flood7

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
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMarianna1 killed, $5,000A tree was blown over and fell on a car killing the driver. Other trees and power lines were knocked down.
November 1970Tornado (F3)not stated27 hurt, $250,000no account filed
November 1973Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMarianna Lee Co Arpt1 hurtStraight line winds damaged two businesses along Main Street in Marianna. In addition, a structure at the Witten Elementary School sustained major damage. Multiple trees and power lines blocked Highway 1 South as well as numerous city streets. As a result of the storm, 5000 people were without power and one injury occurred. Multiple trees were also knocked down along county roads outside Marianna including County Road 415.
December 1978Tornado (F2)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
May 2011FloodJocks$550,000Heavy rain during late April into early May caused the St. Francis River and L'Anguille River to rise to near record levels. The river remained above flood stage through the end of May. Several homes sustained minor damage from the flooding. Several roads were closed and/or damaged. Several hundred acres of cropland was flooded. The Mississippi River was also at near record levels. Backwater from the Mississippi River aggravated flooding further on the St. Francis River and L'Anguille River.
November 1983Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
December 2015Tornado (EF2)Scott Vly$100,000This tornado damaged several mobile homes and caused roof damage to several permanent homes. The tornado damaged boat docks along Bear Creek Lake before dissipating.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindScott Vly$50,000Straight-line winds punched in a grain silo on Highway 1 South about five miles south of Marianna.
December 2015Tornado (EF2)Aubrey$50,000A tornado touched down southwest of Marianna. A mobile home was destroyed. There was roof damage to homes.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindAubrey$50,000Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a house. Four people were trapped in the debris.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMarianna$25,000Roof partially peeled off of a retail building on Chestnut Street.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindScott Vly$25,000The roof was removed from a home on Highway 1 south of Marianna.
March 2020Flash FloodLa Grange$25,000Lee County Road 215 closed due to a washout between County Road 242 and County Road 248.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindFelton$25,000Lots of large trees down along Highway 79 in and around the city of Marianna.
January 1982Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
December 1982Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
February 1975Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMarianna$20,000Power poles knocked down between Brickeys and Marianna.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMarianna$20,000Trees and power lines were knocked down in both Marianna and Aubrey.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMarianna$15,000Three homes suffered minor damage. A large door on a farm shop was blown in. A small storage building overturned and rolled. Some farm equipment was moved around. Some trees and power lines were knocked down as well.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindSouth Plains$10,000Part of a roof was lifted off a home and several trees were downed in Moro.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindFelton$10,000Part of a roof was blown off near the intersection of highway 243 and county road 402.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindMarianna$10,000Several broken utility poles on Chestnut Street in Marianna.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindCouncil$10,000Straight-line winds caused significant damage to a mobile home at Midway Lake.
December 2009Flash FloodGill$10,000Heavy rain produced flash flooding in and around Lee County. Highway 121 near Aubrey, Highway 261 near Gill and Highway 238 in Rondo were flooded as a result.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindMarianna$10,000Straight line winds damaged trailers and knocked down trees along Highway 1, just south of Marianna.
December 2002Tornado (F0)Aubrey$10,000A tornado briefly touched down in Aubrey which produced some property damage.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindMoro$5,000Several trees were blown down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMarianna$5,000Several power lines were knocked down.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindHaynes$5,000Several trees were knocked down.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindRondo$5,000A few trees were snapped.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBrickeys$5,000A few power lines were knocked down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMarianna$5,000Some trees and power lines were blown down.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindSouthern Part$5,000Several trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMarianna$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees and blew a car off the road.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindHaynes$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down some of the tops of large trees.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindSoudan$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down some tree limbs and several large trees.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindMoro$5,000A few power lines were knocked down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMarianna$4,000Straight line winds blew several trees and power lines down in Marianna.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHaynes$4,000Straight line winds blew trees and power lines down in Haynes.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindTurkey Scratch$4,000Trees were knocked down into power lines in the Turkey Scratch area from straight line winds.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMoro$3,000Several trees downed and uprooted along Hwy 238 south of Moro.
April 1973Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500no account filed
March 2008Thunderstorm WindTongin$2,000Straight line winds broke several large branches off several trees in Brickeys.
April 2008HailMarianna$2,000Quarter hail fell along Highway 79, 5 miles west of Marianna.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMoro$2,000A couple of trees were knocked down.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindMarianna$2,000no account filed
October 1996Thunderstorm WindNew Salem$2,000no account filed
October 2009Flash FloodMarianna$1,000Several streets were flooded in the downtown section of Marianna.
February 2008Tornado (EF0)Bemis Plantation$1,000A weak tornado touched down in an open field near Highway 79 just northeast of Monroe, Arkansas. One tree was snapped off.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindAubrey$1,000A couple of trees were blown down.
March 2008HailMarianna$1,000no account filed
April 2007HailMarianna$1,000no account filed
May 2007HailMarianna$1,000no account filed
April 2006HailMarianna$1,000no account filed
April 2003HailMoro$750no account filed
May 2003HailGarret$750no account filed
March 2001HailAubrey$600Hail ranged in size from dimes to walnuts.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMoro$500A few trees were knocked down on Highway 78.

Mines and quarries

2 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 2 workings inside this county. 1 still produces and 1 is closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken1
Clay1

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

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lee CtySand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkClayPast Producer

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 Lee 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.