Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
“The former McGehee Post Office building is a historic post office facility at 201 North Second Street in McGehee, Arkansas.”
Wikipedia article McGehee Post Office, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 26 National Register listings published here for Desha County · listed in 2010 · 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 6 fires within 5 miles of McGehee Post Office between 2005 and 2007, burning about 54 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 November 2005 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of McGehee Post Office: 2 past producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savage Nobel Co Van Horn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Scifres A | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names McGehee, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 1995: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | McGehee | $50,000 | Several homes received roof damage. A garage door was also blown off a house. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | McGehee | - | Thunderstorm winds caused some roof damage and blew over a storage building. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | McGehee | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs and damaged some roofs. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | McGehee | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roofs of two storage buildings and two homes in McGehee. |
| January 1995 | Hail | McGehee | - | no account filed |
| February 1995 | Hail | McGehee | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Parnell-Sharpe House | under 500 feet | 1989 |
 | Missouri Pacific Railway Van Noy Eating House | 0.1 miles | 2011 |
 | McGehee City Jail | 0.2 miles | 2011 |
 | Temple Meir Chayim | 0.2 miles | 1999 |
 | Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot-McGehee | 0.2 miles | 1992 |
 | Jay Lewis House | 0.8 miles | 2005 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 09001245 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Desha County | All 26 listed properties in this county. |
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