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One of 25 National Register listings published here for Baxter County · listed in 2025 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Big Spring
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025.
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. Bull Shoals Road. ΒΌ Mile Southwest of Powerhouse Road, Bull Shoals, 72642
- When was it listed? May 2025
- Category. structure
- District. District 1
- National Register reference number. 100011816 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
22 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Big Spring between 1998 and 2019, burning about 321 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 April 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Big Spring: 17 occurrences, 12 unknowns, 4 prospects, 2 past producers. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiras Mine | Iron, Zinc, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Corbin Iron Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Flippin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Flippin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Cincinnati Bill Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Erie Ozark Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Frost | Lead, Zinc | Unknown |
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
5 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 Water Tower | 6.2 miles | 2007 |
 | Cotter Bridge | 6.2 miles | 1990 |
 | Cotter High School Gymnasium, Old | 6.3 miles | 1995 |
| Cotter Bridge | 6.4 miles | 1990 |
 | Rollins Hospital | 7.1 miles | 2007 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100011816 in Record Group 79. |
| Baxter County | All 25 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.