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One of 50 National Register listings published here for Conway County · listed in 2021 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
I-40 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. Fish Lake Rd. over I-40, Blackwell, 72823
- When was it listed? September 2021
- Category. structure
- Township. Welborn township
- National Register reference number. 100006920 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
25 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of I-40 Overpass between 1999 and 2020, burning about 242 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 June 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of I-40 Overpass: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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
9 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blackwell, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 2005 and 2019: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackwell | $90,000 | Trees were down county-wide and about 10 homes were damaged. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackwell | - | Storms that hit the Atkins area in Pope County moved into Conway County and caused damage in Blackwell. Trees were downed and the roofs of homes were damaged. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackwell | - | A few trees were blown down. |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F2) | Blackwell | - | The strong tornado moved out of Pope County and back into Conway County about one mile southwest of Blackwell. The tornado moved to the northeast, downing three wooden 115 kilovolt power structures. As the tornado crossed Interstate 40, it destroyed a liquor store at Blackwell. The tornado continued moving northeastward, damaging several houses. Several outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. Numerous trees and power lines were also knocked down. The tornado dissipated about 2.5 miles northeast of Saint Vincent. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Blackwell | - | no account filed |
| February 2013 | Hail | Blackwell | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Blackwell | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Blackwell | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Blackwell | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point Remove Creek Bridge | 4.2 miles | 2019 | |
| Elmwood Cemetery Historic Section | 5.8 miles | 2019 | |
| Community Mausoleum, Elmwood Cemetery | 5.9 miles | 2019 | |
 | Arkansas Christian College Administration Building | 6.1 miles | 2014 |
 | W.L. Wood House | 6.2 miles | 2002 |
| Chapel of the Transfiguration | 6.5 miles | 2022 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006920 in Record Group 79. |
| Conway County | All 50 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.