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One of 383 National Register listings published here for Pulaski County · listed in 2024 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
La Belle Creole
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 8101 Barrett Road, Roland, 72135
- When was it listed? January 2024
- Category. building
- Township. Big Rock township
- National Register reference number. 100009764 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
76 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of La Belle Creole between 1997 and 2019, burning about 852 acres in total. 4 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 | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 114 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of La Belle Creole: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bear Mining Co. | Copper | Unknown | ||
| H. J. White Prospect | Silica | Unknown |
Storms near this property
24 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roland, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roland | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Roland | $1,500,000 | Flash flooding occurred in parts of Maumelle, Morgan, and Marche. Arkansas 365 was flooded and at least one water rescue was necessary. Flooding in Maumelle entered some townhouses and apartments. A rain gauge in Maumelle measured 1.97 inches of rain between 1:45 and 2:45 PM CDT, and a total of 3.28 inches from 12:30 PM to 4:14 PM CDT. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roland | $200,000 | Dozens of trees were blown down in the Roland area. |
| April 2007 | Flash Flood | Roland | $10,000 | Heavy rains flooded roads in the area around Roland and Monnie Springs. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roland | - | Lake Maumelle Fire Department reported multiple trees down on power lines and blocking roads in Roland. |
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | Roland | - | High water was covering Vincent and Beale Streets in Roland. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Roland | - | Measured a 24 hour storm total of 10.63 inches beginning on the morning of August 7th. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Roland | - | Beaver Creek Rd. was flooded by Mill Bayou Creek and that water was approaching a few homes in the area. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roland | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| August 2006 | Lightning | Roland | - | Lightning struck a tree, causing it to fall on a house. |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Roland | - | A weak tornado moved into western Pulaski County from eastern Perry County. The tornado badly damaged an old auto service garage and damaged the roofs of several houses. Trees were also downed. The tornado dissipated 14.5 miles west-southwest of Roland. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roland | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roland | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees along Highway 300. |
| July 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Roland | - | A waterspout touched down on Lake Maumelle and traveled westward for about 1.5 miles before lifting. No damage occurred. The waterspout was observed by nearby boaters who were already ashore. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Roland | - | A weak tornado briefly touched down in western Pulaski County about 5 miles southwest of Roland. The tornado mainly affected a marina on Lake Maumelle, with several boat docks damaged and a sailboat mast bent. One witness saw the tornado spin at least one sailboat around in the water. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roland | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few trees and large tree limbs. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Roland | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roland | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Roland | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Roland | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roland | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Roland | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Roland | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Roland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Rush House | 0.7 miles | 2019 | |
| Maumelle River Bridge | 2.9 miles | 2020 | |
 | Walnut Grove Methodist Church | 4.4 miles | 1977 |
 | Doe Branch Post Office | 4.7 miles | 2001 |
 | Pyeatte-Mason Cemetery | 6.3 miles | 1996 |
 | Maumelle Ordnance Works Bunker #4 | 6.7 miles | 2006 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009764 in Record Group 79. |
| Pulaski County | All 383 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.