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One of 28 National Register listings published here for Marion County · listed in 2023 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Flippin City Jail
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Southwest corner of Park and South 2nd Sts., Flippin, 72634
- When was it listed? March 2023
- Category. building
- Township. Marion County township
- National Register reference number. 100008565 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
38 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Flippin City Jail between 1997 and 2020, burning about 320 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 61 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 April 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Flippin City Jail: 10 occurrences, 9 unknowns, 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbin Iron Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Erie Ozark Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Flippin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Flippin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Monkey Hill Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Kenneth Mcdowell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Marion County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Marion County Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this property
36 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flippin, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 18 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | $25,000 | Many power lines were blown down. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Flippin | $25,000 | Half dollar to ping pong ball size hail fell for about 2 minutes, damaging some vehicles. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | $25,000 | A barn was destroyed on County Road 5014. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | $10,000 | Part of a roof was removed from a home and some vehicles were damaged. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | $8,000 | Two buildings sustained minor wind damage from severe thunderstorms that moved through the area. |
| November 2024 | Flash Flood | Flippin | - | Flooding reported by Fire Department and Rescue occurred in the town of Flippin. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Flippin | - | An mPING report of dime sized hail fell near Flippin. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | - | Trees were blown down in Flippin. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | - | A number of trees and power lines were down along Arkansas Highway 202 west of Flippin. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | - | Numerous trees and power line were down in the area. Large limbs fell onto several homes, but no structural damage occurred. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | - | A large tree was blown down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Flippin | - | A weak tornado touched down about 7 miles southeast of Flippin and traveled to the northeast into Baxter County. Damage consisted of a number of large trees being blown down. |
| January 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and caused roof damage to several homes. A couple of barns were also blown down. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | - | A few trees were knocked down. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees and power lines. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| January 2002 | Hail | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| November 1995 | Hail | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Flippin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cotter Tunnel | 2.8 miles | 2007 |
| Cotter Tunnel | 2.9 miles | 2007 |
 | Fairview School Building | 4.0 miles | 1992 |
| Estes-Williams American Legion Hut #61 | 5.7 miles | 2001 | |
 | Cowdrey House | 5.8 miles | 1978 |
 | Marion County Courthouse | 5.8 miles | 1994 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100008565 in Record Group 79. |
| Marion County | All 28 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.