Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
“Couchwood is the summer estate of Harvey C. Couch, an industrialist and founder of Arkansas Power and Light in the early 20th century.”
Wikipedia article Couchwood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 27 National Register listings published here for Hot Spring County · listed in 2001 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Couchwood Historic District between 1997 and 2020, burning about 589 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 20 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 | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Couchwood Historic District: 10 producers, 9 past producers, 7 prospects, 2 occurrences. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Vanadium, Titanium, Barium-Barite, Niobium (Columbium). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Jones Mills Smelter | Aluminum | Plant | ||
| Arkansas Power and Light Company Property | Fluorine-Fluorite, Pyrite | Past Producer | ||
| Christy Brookite Deposit | Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Brookite | |
| Christy Deposit. | Vanadium, Titanium, Niobium (Columbium) | Prospect | 1890, 1976 | |
| Christy Property | Molybdenum, Titanium, Metal, Niobium (Columbium), Vanadium | Producer | Molybdenite, Rutile | |
| Christy Property | Vanadium, Titanium, Metal | Prospect | 1943, 1984, 1985 | |
| Golden-Estes Property | Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Kimsey Prospect | Niobium (Columbium), Molybdenum | Producer | Brookite, Molybdenite | |
| Magnet Cove Mica Deposit | Mica | Unknown | ||
| Magnet Cove Rutile Mine | Titanium, Metal, Niobium (Columbium) | Producer | Rutile |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Catherine State Park-Cabin No. 2 | 0.7 miles | 1992 | |
| Lake Catherine State Park-Cabin No. 3 | 0.7 miles | 1992 | |
 | Cabin No. 1 | 0.7 miles | 1995 |
| Lake Catherine State Park-Nature Cabin | 0.7 miles | 1992 | |
| Remmel Dam | 1.8 miles | 1992 | |
 | Lake Catherine State Park-Bridge No. 2 | 1.9 miles | 1992 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 01000487 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hot Spring County | All 27 listed properties in this county. |
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