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One of 15 National Register listings published here for Van Buren County · listed in 2023 · category: Object.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
South Side High School Sign
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 object as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 334 Southside Rd., Bee Branch, 72013
- When was it listed? January 2023
- Category. object
- Township. Bradley township
- National Register reference number. 100008573 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
43 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of South Side High School Sign between 1998 and 2020, burning about 810 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 1999 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 June 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 South Side High School Sign: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bee Branch, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 10 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bee Branch | $10,000 | Multiple trees were down and outbuildings damaged. There was shingle damage to houses and sheet metal and other debris was scattered around. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bee Branch | $1,000 | A flag pole and a tree were blown down by thunderstorm winds. The observer also measured 2.40 inches of rain in less than an hour. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Bee Branch | - | Quarter-sized hail fell in the community of Bee Branch. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bee Branch | - | A wind gust, estimated to be near 70 mph, tore part of a roof off a house. In addition, a construction trailer was moved 150 feet and a construction vehicle was moved 100 feet. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Bee Branch | - | Quarter size hail was reported on Bee Branch Mountain. |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F2) | Bee Branch | - | A strong tornado was spawned in southeastern Van Buren about 9 miles southeast of Bee Branch. The tornado was in the county a short time, and only caused some tree damage before moving into southwestern Cleburne County. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bee Branch | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Bee Branch | - | A weak tornado briefly touched down to the southwest of Bee Branch. The tornado caused minimal damage with a hay barn destroyed and a few trees knocked down. The tornado dissipated about one-half mile southwest of Bee Branch. |
| January 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bee Branch | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a barn near Bee Branch. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bee Branch | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few trees. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bee Branch | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees. |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bee Branch | - | Some power lines were blown down. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Bee Branch | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Bee Branch | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bee Branch | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Bee Branch | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Bee Branch | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Bee Branch | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Bee Branch | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bee Branch | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Bee Branch | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Collums-Baker House | 1.7 miles | 1992 |
 | Art Scanlan House | 2.1 miles | 1999 |
| Titan II ICBM Launch Complex 374-7 Site | 2.4 miles | 2000 | |
 | Damascus CCC Camp, Co. No. 3781 Historic District | 4.6 miles | 2002 |
 | Carl and Esther Lee House | 5.2 miles | 2005 |
 | Damascus Gymnasium | 5.3 miles | 1992 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100008573 in Record Group 79. |
| Van Buren County | All 15 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.