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Photograph of Kansas City Southern Railway Caboose No. 383
Photograph by Brandonrush, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Kansas City Southern Railway Caboose #383

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

From the record

“The Kansas City Southern Railway Caboose No. 383 is a historic railroad caboose in Centennial Park near Arkansas Highways 59 and 72 in Gravette, Arkansas. It was built in 1952 by the Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad, a division of the Kansas City Southern Railway, and served the latter until 1990.”

Wikipedia article Kansas City Southern Railway Caboose No. 383, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 162 National Register listings published here for Benton County · listed in 2010 · category: Structure.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. NW of the AR 72 and AR 59 intersection, Gravette, 72736
  • When was it listed? September 2010
  • Category. structure
  • Township. Township 4
  • National Register reference number. 10000782 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

30 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Kansas City Southern Railway Caboose #383 between 1997 and 2020, burning about 570 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 August 2012Natural22 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined36 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2012Natural44 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kansas City Southern Railway Caboose #383: 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Independent Gravel CoStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this property

46 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gravette, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 21 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 8 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2014LightningGravette1 hurtLightning struck and injured a 43 year old man, who was taken to the hospital due to his injuries.
March 1998Tornado (F1)Gravette$100,000Considerable damage was reported with an F1 tornado and thunderstorm winds that blew through Gravette. Three homes in the area were damaged when large trees blew over. One of the houses' occupants described the storm as sounding like a freight train. Other homes had minor roof damage. High winds downed a power line, which left the east side of the city without power for about 35 to 40 minutes. Doors were blown out of the Hendren Plastics plant on Hwy. 72 in eastern Gravette. A tree was blown onto Hwy. 72 near Gravette, making travel impossible until it was removed around 10 pm. Another tree was blown across Ridge Road.
March 2024HailGravette$50,000Baseball size hail damaged vehicles, homes, and businesses.
October 2019Flash FloodGravette$50,000Portions of Bethel Road were washed out west of Stage Coach Road.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGravette$50,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew trees onto a carport, damaging two vehicles, and blew down a tree onto a storage shed, destroying it.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGravette$50,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged several poultry houses and snapped trees near town.
March 2024HailGravette$40,000Tennis ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindGravette$25,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several cinder block walls at the new high school, which was under construction.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindGravette$20,000A tree was blown down onto a house by strong thunderstorm wind near Beaty and Leonard Ranch roads.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGravette$15,000A large oak tree was blown into the front of a residence on Third Avenue SW in Gravette. Luckily, the family residing in the house was out of town, and there were no injuries. In Gravette, several trees and limbs were blown down, blocking traffic on several streets. TV antennae were also blown down by the strong thunderstorm winds, and electrical service was disrupted for about two hours.
January 2008Flash FloodGravette$10,000Heavy rains caused rising water which carried a mobile home 50 feet.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindGravette$6,000A U-Haul trailer was blown over, and power lines were blown down in Gravette.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindGravette$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines and damaged a few trees.
July 2018HailGravette$5,000no account filed
March 2017Thunderstorm WindGravette$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines on Highway 72, uprooted a couple trees, and snapped large tree limbs.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindGravette$2,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour damaged a roof and blew down several large trees.
January 1996Thunderstorm WindGravette$1,500no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindGravette$1,000Numerous trees were blown down.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindGravette$100Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees.
May 2022FloodGravette-Portions of Highway 59 between Gravette and Sulphur Springs were flooded and closed.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindGravette-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
June 2019Flash FloodGravette-Portions of Highway 72 were flooded and closed.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGravette-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees onto roads in Gravette.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGravette-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGravette-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts snapped large tree limbs.
December 2015Flash FloodGravette-Heavy rainfall flooded Leonard Ranch Road. A swift water rescue was conducted after a vehicle was driven into the flood water.
December 2015Flash FloodGravette-Rocky Dale Hollow, Falling Springs, Prichard and Big Springs Roads were closed due to flooding.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindGravette-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees.
October 2014Flash FloodGravette-Flooding was reported south of Highway 72 near Stagecoach Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGravette-Several trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindGravette-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. Some of the tree limbs fell on roads.
April 2008Flash FloodGravette-Heavy rain caused 32 roads to be closed across Benton County. Five bridges were under water.
June 2005Flash FloodGravette-Heavy rains caused severe street flooding in the city of Gravette.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindGravette-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down onto a road.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindGravette-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down some trees.
April 1994HailGravette-Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few tree limbs.
February 2023HailGravette-no account filed
July 2018HailGravette-no account filed
March 2017HailGravette-no account filed
May 2008HailGravette-no account filed
May 2008HailGravette-no account filed
June 2005HailGravette-no account filed
February 2001HailGravette-no account filed
June 1996HailGravette-no account filed
April 1994HailGravette-no account filed
April 1994HailGravette-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benton 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Kindley House0.4 miles1988
Shiloh House3.6 miles1988
Sulphur Springs Old School Complex Historic District3.7 miles2001
Jones House3.9 miles1988
Camp Crowder Gymnasium3.9 miles2011
Sulphur Springs Park Reserve4.1 miles1999

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 10000782 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Benton CountyAll 162 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.