Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
“The Esso Station was a historic Esso automotive service station at 287 East Main Street in Piggott, Arkansas. It was a small single-story single-room stuccoed structure, with flanking shed-roofed restroom wings on either side.”
Wikipedia article Esso Station (Piggott), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 19 National Register listings published here for Clay County · listed in 2000 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Esso Station in 1999, burning about 14 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Esso Station: 14 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Asphalt of Ark.Inc,Pit No 2 | Clay | Producer | ||
| C Roberts Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clay County Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cochise Row | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Piggott Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Piggott, the town this property stands in, in 54 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 26 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 6 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $125,000 | Several businesses were damaged. The roof of a gas company building was blown off. Several trees fell on some houses. Several homes also had shingles blown off. An airplane was damaged at the Campbell Airport. Several telephone polls were knocked down. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $100,000 | Survey teams found substantial wind damage to trees and a few structures in the community of Piggott. Tree damage was relatively widespread, with numerous uprooted and downed trees. Minor structural damage and a few downed utility lines were also noted. The damage swath was approximately one mile wide, mainly affecting the northern side of town, with trees and debris blown to the southeast, consistent with an intense rear flank downdraft. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at around 80 mph. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $25,000 | A tree was blown down on top of a house. A few power lines were blown down. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $20,000 | Front of wooded retail building/overhang collapsed. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $20,000 | Winds were estimated at 70 mph in Piggott. A 31 ft. travel trailer was destroyed by the wind. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $15,000 | Several trees were knocked down across Piggott. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $15,000 | A camper and a storage building were destroyed near Piggott. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $10,000 | Numerous trees down across Piggott. |
| May 2006 | Flash Flood | Piggott | $10,000 | Flash flooding caused water to flood several roads and water was high enough to approach the doors of automobiles. |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Piggott | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Piggott | $8,000 | Golfball size hail was reported near the intersection of Highway 90 and Highway 135. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $6,000 | Straight line winds knocked down trees and power lines in Piggott. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Piggott | $6,000 | no account filed |
| February 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $5,000 | Lots of shingles removed from house. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $5,000 | Several power lines were blown down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $5,000 | Some power lines were blown down. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Piggott | $5,000 | Several cars were damaged. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $5,000 | Several trees and numerous large tree branches were blown down. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $4,000 | A couple of trees down in the city limits of Piggott. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Piggott | $2,500 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $2,000 | A large tree was knocked down near Terminal Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $2,000 | A large tree was knocked down in Piggott. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $2,000 | A few power lines were knocked down. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Piggott | $1,500 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $1,000 | The back door off a house was blown off. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $1,000 | A couple of trees were knocked down. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Piggott | $1,000 | Some streets were flooded. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Piggott | $1,000 | Numerous roads were flooded. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | $1,000 | A couple of trees were knocked down. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Piggott | $1,000 | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Piggott | $1,000 | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Flood | Piggott | $500 | Some minor street flooding occurred in Piggott. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Piggott | $100 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Piggott | $10 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Piggott | $10 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Piggott | - | Report of quarter sized hail in southwest Piggott. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Piggott | - | Golf ball sized hail north of Piggott, AR. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Piggott | - | Portions of AR HWY 49 were closed due to high water. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | - | Trees down in Piggott. |
| January 2023 | Heavy Rain | Piggott | - | CoCoRaHS observer reported 5.50 inches of rain from 5 pm to 10 pm in Piggott. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | - | Numerous trees were knocked down across Piggott. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Piggott | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Piggott. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Piggott | - | Heavy rain produced a drainage canal to rise and begin flooding the area near Margaret Street in Piggott. Water nearly flooded a few homes. Margaret Street was closed as a result. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Piggott | - | Hail up to the size of ping pong balls fell in Piggott. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Piggott | - | Heavy rain produced extensive damage in Piggott. Multiple homes and one business sustained roof damage. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | - | Straight line winds knocked down numerous power lines and trees in Piggott. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | - | Straight line winds knocked down trees and power lines in Piggot. |
| March 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piggott | - | Straight line winds caused damage in downtown Piggott. Most of the damage occurred along South Front Street where a portion of the roof of the former Mohawk Pizza building was lifted from the structure and propelled across the tops of several nearby businesses. The mass of tin roofing and rafters was blown loose and across the top of the former cable office at the corner of South Front and West Court. The section then blew across the street and destroyed a power pole. The roof section then blew up and over the buildings in the next block north. Damage was sustained to the roofs of the BRAD Food Pantry, Front Street Pizza, Edmunds Heating and Cooling and Apex Glass. The twisted mass of roofing materials then came to rest at the corner of South Front and West Main streets. A storage barn was also destroyed at the rear of the city-owned building that formerly housed Print City. The roof of the local Subway was also heavily damaged. There was also damage to the roof of an unoccupied house on South Garfield. Around Piggott several privacy fences were blown down while siding and minor roof damage was common. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Piggott | - | Heavy rain flooded side streets in Piggott. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Piggott | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Piggott | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Piggott | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Piggott | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Piggott Commercial Historic District | 0.5 miles | 2009 |
 | Clay County Courthouse, Eastern District | 0.5 miles | 2018 |
 | Piggott Post Office | 0.5 miles | 1998 |
 | Piggott National Guard Armory | 0.6 miles | 2006 |
 | Pfeiffer House and Carriage House | 0.9 miles | 1982 |
| County Home Cemetery | 1.5 miles | 2005 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 00000604 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Clay County | All 19 listed properties in this county. |
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