BlockFrom the record
One of 43 National Register listings published here for Clark County · listed in 2004 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Arkansas 51, Old, Curtis to Gum Springs
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
The listing
- Address. W of US 67, starting approx. 0.5 mi. S of jct. of US 67 and Curtis Cemetery Rd., and ending at the AR 26 and US 67, Curtis, 71923
- When was it listed? January 2004
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Arkansas Highway History and Architecture MPS
- Township. Caddo township
- National Register reference number. 03001457 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
96 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Arkansas 51, Old, Curtis to Gum Springs between 1997 and 2020, burning about 543 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 12 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 | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | CLA2285712 |
| 25 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Arkansas 51, Old, Curtis to Gum Springs: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert P Patterson Plant | Aluminum | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
13 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Curtis, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | $50,000 | Numerous trees were knocked down. |
| June 2008 | Lightning | Curtis | $20,000 | Lightning set fire to a barn. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Curtis | - | Water was reported over Central Road. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | Trees down. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | US 67 Rest Area, Old | 0.8 miles | 2006 |
| Highway A-2 Bridges | 2.0 miles | 2026 | |
 | Bozeman House | 5.1 miles | 1978 |
 | Magnolia Manor | 5.6 miles | 1972 |
 | Domestic Science Building | 5.7 miles | 1982 |
 | C.E. Thompson General Store and House | 5.9 miles | 2001 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 03001457 in Record Group 79. |
| Clark County | All 43 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.