Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
“The former Castleberry Hotel is a historic commercial building at 61 Main Street in De Valls Bluff, Arkansas. It is a two-story masonry structure, built out of brick and capped by a hip roof whose eaves have exposed rafter tails.”
Wikipedia article Castleberry Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 15 National Register listings published here for Prairie County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.
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 Castleberry Hotel between 2000 and 2019, burning about 58 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 June 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 February 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 December 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names De Valls Bluff, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2007 | Flash Flood | De Valls Bluff | $17,000 | Heavy rains produced widespread flash flooding across Prairie County. Numerous secondary roads were impassible for several hours due to high water levels. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Valls Bluff | $10,000 | Trees were blown down and a large limb fell and landed on a house. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Valls Bluff | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew trees down. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Valls Bluff | $2,000 | A carport was blown out into a field. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Valls Bluff | $2,000 | A large tree was down along Arkansas Highway 33. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | De Valls Bluff | - | A person that routinely measures rainfall at his home near DeValls Bluff, emptied his rain gage at 4 am CST and noted the gage was overflowing by 7 am CST. His yard and nearby roads flooded very quickly after the rain started. He cannot determine the maximum rainfall, although at least 6 inches of rain fell since 4 am CST. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Valls Bluff | - | A power line was blown down on Highway 33 south of De Valls Bluff blocking all lanes. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Valls Bluff | - | Scattered wind damage was near and around De Valls Bluff. Primary damage was broken power poles. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Valls Bluff | - | A tree was downed on Highway 302 East. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Valls Bluff | - | A tree was downed on Highway 302 East. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Valls Bluff | - | Power lines were blown down. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Valls Bluff | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Valls Bluff | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees. |
| April 2018 | Hail | De Valls Bluff | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | De Valls Bluff | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | De Valls Bluff | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | De Valls Bluff | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Valls Bluff | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Valls Bluff | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Valls Bluff | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Valls Bluff | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church | 0.3 miles | 2009 |
 | Prairie County Courthouse | 0.4 miles | 1995 |
 | De Valls Bluff Waterworks | 0.4 miles | 2007 |
 | Rock Island Depot | 6.9 miles | 1987 |
 | Kocourek and Son Hardware | 6.9 miles | 2015 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07000960 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Prairie County | All 15 listed properties in this county. |
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