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Eliza Miller Junior and Senior High School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.

From the record

One of 60 National Register listings published here for Phillips County · listed in 2024 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. 106 Miller Loop, Helena-West Helena, 72390
  • When was it listed? January 2024
  • Category. district
  • Township. Hornor township
  • National Register reference number. 100009768 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Eliza Miller Junior and Senior High School between 1992 and 2015, burning about 144 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBLAIR
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsSYCAMORE
18 August 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2000Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2000Arson/incendiarism12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2010Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsELM
5 July 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsPOPCORN

Every fire recorded in Phillips County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Eliza Miller Junior and Senior High School: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Phillips Cnty Hiwy DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Phillips County

Storms near this property

18 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Helena-West Helena, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2009Flash FloodHelena - West Helena$500,000Heavy rain produced flash flooding across portions of Phillips County including Helena-West Helena, Elaine, Marvell, Barton and Lake View. Numerous roads were closed and several homes were inundated with water. The police department in Marvell had three to four feet of water inside.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindHelena - West Helena$100,000Several mobile homes were destroyed on the west side of West Helena. One mobile home was flipped on the southwest side of a neighborhood on the outskirts of town. The bottom frame of the home struck a tree behind the home 15 feet in the air. The mobile home landed on its roof and was completely destroyed. Cars were damaged by flying debris and trees were also blown down. Another neighborhood southwest of town was damaged as well. In this neighborhood, two mobile homes were flipped. One was blown into another mobile home and a wood house. Power lines and irrigation systems were blown down in the fields between the two neighborhoods. In West Helena, only minor damage was noted to the Junior High School roof and the roof and siding of a few motels. A few storage sheds were blown over but had not been secured to the ground.
June 2020Flash FloodHelena - West Helena$50,000Vehicles were stranded in floodwaters. Water rescues were necessary.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindHelena - West Helena$25,000Powerlines and trees down on Waverly Wood Drive, Springdale Road, and Oakland Avenue, along with other various locations in Helena-West Helena. Storage buildings also suffered damage on Highway 49 near Helena Regional Hospital.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHelena - West Helena$10,000Trees were knocked down, and a tree landed on a home at the 300 block of Waverly Road in Helena, AR.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindHelena - West Helena$10,000Large tree down on building, snapped at the base of the tree.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindHelena - West Helena$5,000Downed trees and powerlines in between Highland St and Arkansas St in Helena-West Helena.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHelena - West Helena$4,000Trees downed in Helena-West Helena.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHelena - West Helena$4,000Straight line winds blew several trees and power lines down near Helena-West Helena.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindHelena - West Helena$4,000Straight line winds knocked several trees and large limbs down in Helena-West Helena.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHelena - West Helena$3,000Trees down blocking Phillips Street in Helena-West Helena.
January 2010Thunderstorm WindHelena - West Helena$250Straight line winds knocked a large billboard for a high school down in Helena-West Helena. Debris was also strewn across the city.
June 2023HailHelena - West Helena-Quarter size hail fell in Helena - West Helena.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHelena - West Helena-Trees and powerlines were knocked down on Springdale Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHelena - West Helena-Straight line winds knocked a tree down on Military Road in Helena-West Helena. In addition, several trees were knocked down across eastern sections of Helena-West Helena.
April 2011Flash FloodHelena - West Helena-Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Helena-West Helena. A block and a half of Highway 49 was flooded.
April 2011HailHelena - West Helena-Golf ball size hail fell at the Helena Bridge.
July 2010Flash FloodHelena - West Helena-Heavy rain produced flash flooding near Helena-West Helena. As a result, ditches overflowed flooding many streets.

Every storm recorded in Phillips 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
Chicago Mill Company Office Building0.9 miles1996
Helena Aero Tech Hangars1.2 miles2021
Denison House1.4 miles1996
Faust House1.8 miles1996
Myers House1.9 miles1996
Nelson House2.0 miles1996

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100009768 in Record Group 79.
Phillips CountyAll 60 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.