Lockesburg Waterworks

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

From the record

“Lockesburg Waterworks are a water storage and distribution facility at the junction of Hickory and Azalea Streets in Lockesburg, Arkansas. The facility consists of a water tower and three water storage sheds, of which the tower was built in 1936 with funding assistance from the Public Works Administration, a Depression-era works project.”
Wikipedia article Lockesburg Waterworks, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 17 National Register listings published here for Sevier County · listed in 2007 · category: Structure.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. Jct. of Hickory and Azalea Sts., Lockesburg, 71846
When was it listed? September 2007
Category. structure
Also known as. New Deal Recovery Efforts in Arkansas MPS
Township. Red Colony township
National Register reference number. 07000964 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

68 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Lockesburg Waterworks between 1997 and 2020, burning about 694 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 33 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	33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Natural	7
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Debris and open burning	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
5 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2002	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2002	Railroad operations and maintenance	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2000	Natural	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2000	Natural	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Sevier County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lockesburg Waterworks: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Antimony, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bob Wolf Mine	Copper, Antimony, Silver	Occurrence	Cervantite, Galena, Stibnite
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Sevier County

Storms near this property

46 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lockesburg, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 25 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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
April 2005	Lightning	Lockesburg	$125,000	Lightning struck a home in town resulting in a fire. The house burned to the ground but there were no injuries.
April 2025	Tornado (EF1)	Lockesburg	$50,000	An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 95 mph touched down just south of of Highway 24 about 2 miles west of Lockesburg, where it caused significant damage to a small shed. The tornado then moved northeast across Highway 24, snapping and uprooting trees and just missing a home on the north side of the highway. A trampoline and small playground near the home were blown about 50 yards directly to the west from their original location. Although the road network became sparse beyond this point, drone footage indicated that the damage path continued from the home to Wildwood and Hilltop Roads where a number of trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado did cause significant damage to three chicken coops located just north of Hilltop Road, while also snapping/uprooting additional trees in this area as well. It then tracked across Shady Lane just to the north of Hilltop Road and uprooted a very large tree, with another tree uprooted and having fallen onto a small home on the west side of Shady Lane. The tornado continued to move northeast over North Park Avenue, Elm Drive, and Highway 71 north of Lockesburg. The damage path became more sparse as the tornado crossed Montgomery Lane just east of Highway 71, with a few other small trees downed on Provo Road just east of Big Timber Lane before the tornado lifted.
October 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockesburg	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
April 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockesburg	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockesburg	$2,000	Numerous trees were snapped in the Lockesburg community. Power poles were snapped along Hwy. 71. Highways 329 and 371 were blocked from downed trees. Some structural damage to outbuildings were also reported.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockesburg	-	Large branches snapped off of trees in Lockesburg.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockesburg	-	Trees downed near U.S. Highway 371 and Liggin Drive east of Lockesburg.
June 2023	Hail	Lockesburg	-	Hail up to at least quarter size reported at the Dollar General store in Lockesburg.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockesburg	-	Reports of numerous trees downed throughout Sevier County.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockesburg	-	Trees and power lines were blown down across the central and southern sections of Sevier County.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockesburg	-	Trees were blown down across Lockesburg.
April 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockesburg	-	Trees down in Lockesburg, and across much of Sevier County.
April 2017	Hail	Lockesburg	-	Penny size hail fell in Lockesburg.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockesburg	-	Trees down in Lockesburg.
April 2016	Hail	Lockesburg	-	Quarter size hail fell in Lockesburg.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockesburg	-	A tree was downed in Lockesburg, Arkansas.
October 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockesburg	-	Numerous trees were downed across the town of Lockesburg, Arkansas.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockesburg	-	Trees and power lines were downed in town. Other reports of downed trees were also reported across other portions of the county.
October 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockesburg	-	Trees were downed on Northpark Road.
May 2007	Hail	Lockesburg	-	Nickel to quarter sized hail reported in town.
March 2006	Tornado (F0)	Lockesburg	-	A supercell moved towards the northeast just south of Lockesburg, Arkansas. Damage consisted of a few large trees downed and several tree limbs snapped.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockesburg	-	Trees down across Hwy 371.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockesburg	-	Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
October 1993	Hail	Lockesburg	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
October 1993	Hail	Lockesburg	-	Heavy rains flooded the jail in DeQueen.
April 2012	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
April 2010	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
August 2004	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
March 1999	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
November 1995	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
October 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
October 1993	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
October 1993	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
October 1993	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
October 1993	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
October 1993	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
April 1993	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed
April 1993	Hail	Lockesburg	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sevier 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
First United Methodist Church	0.1 miles	1994
De Queen & Eastern Railroad Overpass	0.1 miles	2023
Lockesburg High School Gymnasium	0.2 miles	2018
Little Cossatot River Bridge	2.2 miles	1990
Oak Grove Rosenwald School	6.0 miles	2004
Hale Creek Bridge	7.8 miles	2004

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 07000964 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sevier County	All 17 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.