Piggott Commercial Historic District

Built in 1937. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

From the record

“The Piggott Commercial Historic District encompasses the original center of the city of Piggott, Arkansas, as originally platted out in 1887. It is centered on the square where the Clay County courthouse is located, buildings facing the courthouse square, and also buildings along some of the adjacent streets.”
Wikipedia article Piggott Commercial Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 19 National Register listings published here for Clay County · listed in 2009 · category: District · built in 1937.

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

The listing

Address. Roughly bounded on the N. by W. Cherry on the South by W. Court, on the E. by S. Throgmorton and the W. by Clay, Piggott, 72454
When was it listed? November 2009
Category. district
Township. South St. Francis township
When was it built? 1937
National Register reference number. 09000867 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

2 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Piggott Commercial Historic District in 1999, burning about 14 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism	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
7 September 1999	Smoking	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Piggott Commercial Historic District: 15 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Delta Asphalt of Ark.Inc,Pit No 2	Clay	Producer
C Roberts Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Clay County Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Cochise Row	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Piggott Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this property

54 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Piggott, the town this property stands in, in 54 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 26 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 6 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$125,000	Several businesses were damaged. The roof of a gas company building was blown off. Several trees fell on some houses. Several homes also had shingles blown off. An airplane was damaged at the Campbell Airport. Several telephone polls were knocked down.
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$100,000	Survey teams found substantial wind damage to trees and a few structures in the community of Piggott. Tree damage was relatively widespread, with numerous uprooted and downed trees. Minor structural damage and a few downed utility lines were also noted. The damage swath was approximately one mile wide, mainly affecting the northern side of town, with trees and debris blown to the southeast, consistent with an intense rear flank downdraft. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at around 80 mph.
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$25,000	A tree was blown down on top of a house. A few power lines were blown down.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$20,000	Front of wooded retail building/overhang collapsed.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$20,000	Winds were estimated at 70 mph in Piggott. A 31 ft. travel trailer was destroyed by the wind.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$15,000	Several trees were knocked down across Piggott.
January 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$15,000	A camper and a storage building were destroyed near Piggott.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$10,000	Numerous trees down across Piggott.
May 2006	Flash Flood	Piggott	$10,000	Flash flooding caused water to flood several roads and water was high enough to approach the doors of automobiles.
July 1996	Lightning	Piggott	$10,000	no account filed
September 2006	Hail	Piggott	$8,000	Golfball size hail was reported near the intersection of Highway 90 and Highway 135.
December 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$6,000	Straight line winds knocked down trees and power lines in Piggott.
May 2006	Hail	Piggott	$6,000	no account filed
February 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$5,000	Lots of shingles removed from house.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$5,000	Several trees were blown down.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$5,000	Several power lines were blown down.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$5,000	Some power lines were blown down.
May 2004	Hail	Piggott	$5,000	Several cars were damaged.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$5,000	Several trees and numerous large tree branches were blown down.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$4,000	A couple of trees down in the city limits of Piggott.
May 2006	Hail	Piggott	$2,500	no account filed
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$2,000	A large tree was knocked down near Terminal Road.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$2,000	A large tree was knocked down in Piggott.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$2,000	A few power lines were knocked down.
April 2008	Hail	Piggott	$1,500	no account filed
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$1,000	The back door off a house was blown off.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$1,000	A couple of trees were knocked down.
June 2003	Flash Flood	Piggott	$1,000	Some streets were flooded.
May 2002	Flash Flood	Piggott	$1,000	Numerous roads were flooded.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	$1,000	A couple of trees were knocked down.
April 2008	Hail	Piggott	$1,000	no account filed
October 2007	Hail	Piggott	$1,000	no account filed
December 2002	Flood	Piggott	$500	Some minor street flooding occurred in Piggott.
August 2003	Hail	Piggott	$100	no account filed
July 2005	Hail	Piggott	$10	no account filed
April 1996	Hail	Piggott	$10	no account filed
April 2026	Hail	Piggott	-	Report of quarter sized hail in southwest Piggott.
March 2025	Hail	Piggott	-	Golf ball sized hail north of Piggott, AR.
April 2025	Flash Flood	Piggott	-	Portions of AR HWY 49 were closed due to high water.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	-	Trees down in Piggott.
January 2023	Heavy Rain	Piggott	-	CoCoRaHS observer reported 5.50 inches of rain from 5 pm to 10 pm in Piggott.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	-	Numerous trees were knocked down across Piggott.
July 2015	Hail	Piggott	-	Nickel size hail was reported in Piggott.
June 2013	Flash Flood	Piggott	-	Heavy rain produced a drainage canal to rise and begin flooding the area near Margaret Street in Piggott. Water nearly flooded a few homes. Margaret Street was closed as a result.
May 2012	Hail	Piggott	-	Hail up to the size of ping pong balls fell in Piggott.
July 2011	Heavy Rain	Piggott	-	Heavy rain produced extensive damage in Piggott. Multiple homes and one business sustained roof damage.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	-	Straight line winds knocked down numerous power lines and trees in Piggott.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	-	Straight line winds knocked down trees and power lines in Piggot.
March 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Piggott	-	Straight line winds caused damage in downtown Piggott. Most of the damage occurred along South Front Street where a portion of the roof of the former Mohawk Pizza building was lifted from the structure and propelled across the tops of several nearby businesses. The mass of tin roofing and rafters was blown loose and across the top of the former cable office at the corner of South Front and West Court. The section then blew across the street and destroyed a power pole. The roof section then blew up and over the buildings in the next block north. Damage was sustained to the roofs of the BRAD Food Pantry, Front Street Pizza, Edmunds Heating and Cooling and Apex Glass. The twisted mass of roofing materials then came to rest at the corner of South Front and West Main streets. A storage barn was also destroyed at the rear of the city-owned building that formerly housed Print City. The roof of the local Subway was also heavily damaged. There was also damage to the roof of an unoccupied house on South Garfield. Around Piggott several privacy fences were blown down while siding and minor roof damage was common.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Piggott	-	Heavy rain flooded side streets in Piggott.
April 2026	Hail	Piggott	-	no account filed
May 2021	Hail	Piggott	-	no account filed
May 2020	Hail	Piggott	-	no account filed
April 2009	Hail	Piggott	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Clay County Courthouse, Eastern District	0.3 miles	2018
Piggott Post Office	0.4 miles	1998
Esso Station	0.5 miles	2000
Pfeiffer House and Carriage House	0.5 miles	1982
Piggott National Guard Armory	0.9 miles	2006
County Home Cemetery	1.0 miles	2005

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 09000867 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Clay County	All 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.