Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
“The Rice Family Cemetery is a historic cemetery at the junction of United States Route 65 and Arkansas Highway 388 in rural Varner, Arkansas. The small cemetery is the burial site of Robert R.”
Wikipedia article Rice Family Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 10 National Register listings published here for Lincoln County · listed in 2003 · category: Site.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Rice Family Cemetery between 2006 and 2015, burning about 53 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Varner, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Varner | - | Numerous areas were covered by water with several roads flooded in the area near Highway 388. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Varner | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Varner | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Varner | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Varner | - | no account filed |
| January 1995 | Hail | Varner | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cummins Prison Chapel | 1.7 miles | 2024 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 03000464 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lincoln County | All 10 listed properties in this county. |
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