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One of 203 National Register listings published here for White County · listed in 2011 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Missouri Pacific Railway Caboose #928
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Next to UPRR on Market St., SW. of Vine St., Bald Knob, 72010
- When was it listed? May 2011
- Category. structure
- Township. Cypert township
- National Register reference number. 11000303 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
95 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Missouri Pacific Railway Caboose #928 between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,759 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 38 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/incendiarism | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | WHI17887418 |
| 21 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Missouri Pacific Railway Caboose #928: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midwest | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Malvern | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
33 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bald Knob, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Knob | $50,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Knob | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| January 2024 | Hail | Bald Knob | - | Quarter sized hail fell in the community of Bald Knob, AR. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Knob | - | Trees and power poles snapped in the town of Bald Knob. |
| March 2023 | Flash Flood | Bald Knob | - | Numerous accidents occurred in areas of high water. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Knob | - | A building was destroyed due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Knob | - | Severe thunderstorm winds took down several powerlines in Bald Knob. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Knob | - | An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was reported just north of Bald Knob. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Knob | - | Straight line winds downed numerous trees to the east of Bald Knob. One of the trees fell onto a house, causing minor damage. |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Knob | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Knob | - | ,,,,,,,,Hail (1.75) Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Knob | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Knob | - | Some power lines were blown down. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Bald Knob | - | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding in parts of Bald Knob. Several streets were under water for a period of time. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Bald Knob | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Bald Knob | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bald Knob | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Knob | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Bald Knob | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Bald Knob | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Bald Knob | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Bald Knob | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bald Knob | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Knob | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Bald Knob | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Lightning | Bald Knob | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Knob | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Knob | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Knob | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Bald Knob | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Bald Knob | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Bald Knob | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Knob | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Elm Street House | under 500 feet | 1991 |
 | Jameson-Richards Cafe | under 500 feet | 1991 |
 | Jameson-Richards Gas Station | under 500 feet | 1991 |
 | Campbell-Chrisp House | under 500 feet | 1991 |
 | Brown House | under 500 feet | 1991 |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church, South | under 500 feet | 1992 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 11000303 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| White County | All 203 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.