Maness Schoolhouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

From the record

“The Maness Schoolhouse is an American historic school building at 8801 Wells Lake Road in Sebastian County, Arkansas, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Barling. It is a single-story stone structure, with a side gable roof and a projecting gable portico over its main entrance.”
Wikipedia article Maness Schoolhouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 64 National Register listings published here for Sebastian County · listed in 2003 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 sitess, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 8801 Wells Lake Rd., Barling, 72916
When was it listed? May 2003
Category. building
Township. Upper township
National Register reference number. 03000466 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

28 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Maness Schoolhouse between 1998 and 2017, burning about 362 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Arson/incendiarism	7
Debris and open burning	5
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Natural	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
12 September 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 1998	Smoking	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 2001	Smoking	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 1998	Railroad operations and maintenance	112 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
26 August 2003	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
24 August 2001	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 2000	Arson/incendiarism	12 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Sebastian County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Maness Schoolhouse: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aggregate, Light Weight. 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
	Jenny Lind Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Rescolite Company	Aggregate, Light Weight	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Sebastian County

Storms near this property

44 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barling, the town this property stands in, in 44 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 24 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 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
May 2019	Tornado (EF1)	Barling	$50,000	This is the first segment of a two-segment tornado. This tornado developed over a subdivision north of Ozark Lake where homes were damaged and trees were snapped. The tornado moved northeast, crossing the Arkansas River and into Crawford County. Based on the damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	$20,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto a house.
October 2022	Hail	Barling	$20,000	Hail up to ping pong ball size damaged homes and vehicles.
January 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	$13,000	A barn was blown away by thunderstorm winds. Power lines were also blown down.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree onto a camper trailer. Several people were trapped inside the trailer.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew down several large trees and damage the roofs of several homes.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew large signs off a building.
September 1996	Flash Flood	Barling	$5,000	no account filed
March 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew several signs down.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	$500	Several trees were blown down in Barling.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	$500	Several trees were blown down in Barling.
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	$100	Thunderstorm winds blew down large trees.
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	$100	no account filed
December 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	$100	no account filed
September 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	$100	no account filed
March 2023	Flash Flood	Barling	-	Portions of Highway 22 were flooded in Barling.
October 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
June 2022	Flash Flood	Barling	-	Portions of multiple roads west of Barling were flooded.
June 2022	Flash Flood	Barling	-	Portions of several roads were reported flooded between Fort Smith and Barling.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	-	Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	-	Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
October 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	-	Strong thunderstorm wind snapped numerous large tree limbs and uprooted trees.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	-	A storm spotter measured thunderstorm wind gusts to 58 mph.
December 2015	Flood	Barling	-	Portions of Highway 255 east of Barling were closed due to flooding.
December 2015	Flood	Barling	-	Portions of Highway 255 east of Barling were closed due to flooding.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	-	Tree limbs were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts to 70 mph were estimated by law enforcement personnel.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
November 2004	Flash Flood	Barling	-	Heavy thunderstorm rains caused flooding on Gun Club Road near Barling.
May 2025	Hail	Barling	-	no account filed
May 2025	Hail	Barling	-	no account filed
March 2024	Hail	Barling	-	no account filed
October 2022	Hail	Barling	-	no account filed
March 2006	Hail	Barling	-	no account filed
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	-	no account filed
July 2004	Hail	Barling	-	no account filed
March 2002	Hail	Barling	-	no account filed
March 2000	Hail	Barling	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Barling	-	no account filed
July 1997	Hail	Barling	-	no account filed
December 1996	Hail	Barling	-	no account filed
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Barling	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sebastian County

Map coverage status

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Camp Chaffee Tank Destroyer Battalion Historic District	2.2 miles	2011
Camp Chaffee Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation)	2.3 miles	2015
Arkansas 22, Old, Barling Segment	3.1 miles	2007
Oscar Chambers House	4.2 miles	2016
Old US 71-Jenny Lind Segment	4.6 miles	2009
Elmwood Cemetery	4.8 miles	2018

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 03000466 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sebastian County	All 64 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.