Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
“The Bear Creek Motel is a historic motel on United States Route 65 in Bear Creek Springs, Arkansas. It is a single T-shaped stone and concrete building, built in 1936 to replace a wood-framed tourist accommodation that had burned down.”
Wikipedia article Bear Creek Motel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 21 National Register listings published here for Boone County · listed in 2001 · 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 19 fires within 5 miles of Bear Creek Motel between 1997 and 2015, burning about 302 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 March 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bear Creek Motel: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrollton Lode Claim | Zinc | Occurrence | Smithsonite, Sphalerite | |
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Haggard Ford Swinging Bridge | 4.7 miles | 1995 |
 | Grubb Springs School | 5.3 miles | 1996 |
 | Duncan House | 5.6 miles | 2005 |
 | Hotel Seville | 5.8 miles | 1994 |
 | Harrison Courthouse Square Historic District | 5.9 miles | 1999 |
 | Boone County Courthouse | 5.9 miles | 1976 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 01000175 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Boone County | All 21 listed properties in this county. |
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