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US 67, Old, Biggers to Datto

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

From the record

One of 19 National Register listings published here for Randolph County · listed in 2004 · category: Structure.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. Biggers-Reyno Rd., First St. and clay Cty Rd. 111, Biggers, 72413
  • When was it listed? September 2004
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Arkansas Highway History and Architecture MPS
  • Township. Reyno township
  • National Register reference number. 04001046 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of US 67, Old, Biggers to Datto between 1998 and 2016, burning about 135 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 April 1998Arson/incendiarism40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 April 2003Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 April 2003Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 April 2003Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 March 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 March 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 November 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of US 67, Old, Biggers to Datto: 5 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Randolph County

Storms near this property

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Biggers, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2020Tornado (EF2)Biggers$200,000A storm survey crew from the NWS Office in Little Rock found tornado consistent with an EF2 rating. A house sustained major roof damage on Highway 328 west of Maynard, with most of the walls still standing. An agricultural shop was destroyed 2 miles south of Biggers. ||The tornado started just southeast of US67/62 southwest of|Biggers, destroying a metal farm building and snapping trees|along Lutrell Cemetery Road. The tornado continued northwest|blowing in some garage doors on some large metal buildings, along|with snapping limbs off of multiple trees along Gas Plant and|Biggers-Reyno roads. The tornado continued northwest for several|miles, causing mainly damage to trees, from broken limbs, to|uprooting or snapping those tree trunks. The worst damage was|observed at a site built home off of State Hwy 328 and Jerrett|Loop Road southwest of Maynard, where large sections of the roof|were torn off allowing a couple walls to fall inward. At the same|residence, a large metal outbuilding or barn was destroyed. Many|mature trees were snapped or uprooted around this location. The|tornado finally lifted further northwest along State Hwy 251|south of Palestine Road.
January 2002Flash FloodBiggers$80,000One bridge was washed out.
February 2022Thunderstorm WindBiggers$40,000A roof was blown off a duplex in Biggers.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBiggers$35,000A school had its roof blown off. Numerous trees were knocked down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBiggers$5,000Straight line winds knocked down a tree onto a house near Biggers.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindBiggers$2,000Straight line winds knocked down trees and power lines near Biggers.
October 2004Tornado (F0)Biggers$1,000A tornado briefly touched down in Biggers producing minimal damage.
March 2006HailBiggers$10no account filed
February 1997HailBiggers$10no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBiggers-A report was received from the public of a 70 mph wind gust.
October 2014HailBiggers-Golf ball size hail fell southwest of Biggers, near Current River Beach.
July 2013Flash FloodBiggers-Biggers received 3.5 to 3.75 inches of rain which produced flash flooding. Numerous streets were flooded and impassable as a result.
June 2011HailBiggers-Dime to quarter size hail fell in the town of Biggers.
April 2007Flash FloodBiggers-Heavy rain caused flash flooding to occur near Biggers. Some rural roads were flooded as a result.
June 2009HailBiggers-no account filed
April 1994HailBiggers-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Randolph 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 04001046 in Record Group 79.
Randolph CountyAll 19 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.