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One of 24 National Register listings published here for Columbia County · listed in 2021 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
McNeil Overpass
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. US 79 over the Union Pacific RR., McNeil, 71752
- When was it listed? May 2021
- Category. structure
- Township. McNeil township
- National Register reference number. 100006535 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
101 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of McNeil Overpass between 1998 and 2019, burning about 810 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Natural | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of McNeil Overpass: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.
Storms near this property
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names McNeil, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 1993: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | McNeil | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and power lines. |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnesia Springs Campground | 1.2 miles | 2024 | |
 | Old Alexander House | 3.9 miles | 1979 |
 | President's House | 4.0 miles | 2013 |
 | Ozmer House | 4.3 miles | 1986 |
| Greene-Talbot-Talley Halls Historic District | 4.4 miles | 2023 | |
 | Cross and Nelson Hall Historic District | 4.4 miles | 2010 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006535 in Record Group 79. |
| Columbia County | All 24 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.