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One of 52 National Register listings published here for Searcy County · listed in 2024 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Cove Creek Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. Arkansas Highway 66 over Cove Creek, Leslie, 72645
- When was it listed? September 2024
- Category. structure
- Township. Wileys Cove township
- National Register reference number. 100010840 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
63 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Cove Creek Bridge between 1998 and 2020, burning about 2,475 acres in total. None started naturally. 23 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 | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 244 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 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 Cove Creek Bridge: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J E Ferguson | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leslie, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2016: 15 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | $10,000 | A roof was dislodged on a building and a few trees were blown over onto houses. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down onto roads. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the metal roofing off several buildings in Leslie. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | - | Some trees were blown over and there was damage to an awning. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto a power line. One house sustained some minor roof damage. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | - | Some large trees limbs were blown down. |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Leslie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Leslie Commercial Historic District | 0.1 miles | 2017 |
 | Farmers Bank Building | 0.1 miles | 1993 |
 | American Legion Post No. 131 | 0.1 miles | 1993 |
 | Meek Building | 0.1 miles | 2000 |
 | Dr. Clay House | 0.2 miles | 1993 |
 | Missouri and North Arkansas Depot-Leslie | 0.2 miles | 1992 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100010840 in Record Group 79. |
| Searcy County | All 52 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.