Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
“The Cotter Tunnel is a railroad tunnel located just outside Cotter, Arkansas. It carries the Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad under a ridge that U.S.”
Wikipedia article Cotter Tunnel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 28 National Register listings published here for Marion County · listed in 2007 · category: Structure.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Cotter Tunnel between 1997 and 2020, burning about 379 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Cotter Tunnel: 6 unknowns, 2 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbin Iron Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Flippin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Flippin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Great Eastern Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Highup Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Kenneth Mcdowell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Marion County Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flippin City Jail | 2.9 miles | 2023 | |
 | Fairview School Building | 5.2 miles | 1992 |
| Mountain Village 1890 | 7.5 miles | 2023 | |
| William Jasper Johnson House | 7.8 miles | 2018 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07000961 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Marion County | All 28 listed properties in this county. |
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