Old US 71-Ashdown Segment

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

From the record

“Route 71 is a U.S. route that runs from Krotz Springs, LA to the Fort Frances-International Falls International Bridge at the Canadian border. In Arkansas, the highway runs from the Louisiana state line near Doddridge to the Missouri state line near Bella Vista.”
Wikipedia article U.S. Route 71 in Arkansas, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Little River County · listed in 2013 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Old US 71--Ashdown Segment - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. N. Park Ave. between E. Main St. & US 71, Ashdown, 71822
When was it listed? January 2013
Category. structure
Also known as. Arkansas Highway History and Architecture MPS
District. District 8
National Register reference number. 12001232 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

51 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Old US 71-Ashdown Segment between 1997 and 2019, burning about 465 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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	17
Debris and open burning	14
Arson/incendiarism	10
Natural	5
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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 2004	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Natural	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2002	Debris and open burning	68 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2010	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Little River County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Old US 71-Ashdown Segment: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Little River County

Storms near this property

60 of 82 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashdown, the town this property stands in, in 82 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 36 hail, 35 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 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
March 2006	Lightning	Ashdown	1 killed, $100,000	Lightning struck a home causing a fire to ignite. One male, age 83 was killed as a result of the house fire. House sustained considerable damage.
December 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	1 hurt, $400,000	John Moon, who lives near Hwy 108 West of Ashdown, had three chicken houses, one metal building and farm equipment destroyed and a fourth house damaged. In addition, he lost 44,000 two day old chicks with an estimated total damage of $350 thousand dollars. Moon was inside one of the chicken houses when the winds struck. A large fan fell on his back causing minor injuries. The winds also damaged the home of Ashdown Police Sargent Danny Hallet, Hwy 108 west of Ashdown. Windows were broken out on his patrol car and a camper trailer was overturned. Two other homes reported roof damage; several trees were uprooted and some snapped off above the ground accounting for the remainder of monetary loss.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	$500,000	A downburst occurred on the southwest side of Ashdown which resulted in numerous trees and powerlines to be snapped in the town of Ashdown. As many as 50 county and city roads were closed in Little River County from the damaging winds which started approximately 8AM west of Ashdown. In the town of Ashdown trees were noted to point NE and N away from the downburst region very indicative of a strong straight line wind. Damage included numerous homes and businesses as well as a school. Very little structural damage occurred from the wind alone. Most of the damage was the result of falling trees. Maximum winds are estimated at 95-105 mph.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	$150,000	Numerous trees down and numerous trees had their tops blown off. A roof was torn off a house and a telephone pole fell on a car.
May 2009	Flash Flood	Ashdown	$100,000	Hwy. 71 near the paper mill was flooded and closed. Heavy rainfall plummeted through the roof of the planned Two Rivers Museum annex, soaking museum artifacts and exhibits. The Central Baptist Church and several other homes sustained water damage from the high waters that clogged city drainage ditches. Rainwater also backed up into a mobile home park near the Arkansas 32 Bypass causing some flooding concerns.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	$50,000	Several trees downed across the county including trees that fell across two homes in Ashdown.
November 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	$10,000	no account filed
May 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds partially destroyed a barn.
August 1999	Lightning	Ashdown	$2,000	Lightening hit a vent pipe starting a fire in the attic of a residence. Damage was light with a little smoke damage and smoke water damage.
June 2007	Lightning	Ashdown	$1,000	Lightning struck a transformer resulting in power outages.
March 1996	Lightning	Ashdown	$1,000	no account filed
April 2025	Hail	Ashdown	-	Quarter size hail fell at the Little River County Sheriff's Office in Ashdown.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Multiple trees downed in Ashdown.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Trees snapped and uprooted in Ashdown.
June 2023	Hail	Ashdown	-	Quarter size hail reported at the paper mill in Ashdown.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	A large tree was blown down near Stone and Buck Wright Road just north of Ashdown, as relayed by broadcast media.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Numerous trees and power lines were downed across much of Little River County. A tree fell on a home on North Stewart Street in Ashdown. Numerous power poles and lines were snapped on LR 35, trapping a vehicle.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Large branches were blown down onto power lines leading to power outages in Ashdown. A light pole was blown down on South Wallace Drive.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	A tree was downed on Peyton Avenue in Ashdown.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Trees were downed on the east side of Ashdown.
July 2017	Flash Flood	Ashdown	-	Three of the four lanes of Highway 71 in front of the Domtar Paper Mill was flooded and closed. Traffic was reduced to only one lane.
March 2016	Hail	Ashdown	-	Penny size hail fell in Ashdown.
October 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Numerous trees downed throughout the county including Arkansas Hwy. 41, 108, 32 and on CR. 29, 11 and 15.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Trees were downed across the entire county.
October 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	A few trees were downed in and around the Foreman, Arkansas community.
June 2014	Flash Flood	Ashdown	-	High water and a road closure was reported along Hwy. 71 near the Paper Mill in Ashdown, Arkansas.
April 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Trees were downed.
December 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Numerous trees and powerlines were downed throughout the county.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Several trees were downed across the county.
October 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	At least 20 trees were reported downed along the north and northeast side of Ashdown, Arkansas.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Numerous trees were downed in Ashdown, Arkansas with many roads blocked. Damage was in a divergent pattern...indicative of a downburst and confirmed by National Weather Service storm survey teams. Many roads were blocked by fallen trees across town.
March 2010	Funnel Cloud	Ashdown	-	Emergency Manager and Storm Spotter reported a rotating storm and funnel cloud over Ashdown, Arkansas.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Several trees were downed in town.
January 2008	Hail	Ashdown	-	Hail was reported by a convenience store employee on the north side of town.
January 2007	Flash Flood	Ashdown	-	Locally heavy rainfall resulted in the closure of Davis Street in town. \|A woman tried to cross a flooded stretch of road at the Wilton Landing when her pickup truck was submerged in high water. The woman was rescued just below U.S. 71 at Wilton Landing. She suffered no injuries.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Trees were blown down in White Cliff Park. Reported by the COE at Millwood Dam.
April 2004	Hail	Ashdown	-	Hail fell at Millwood Lake State Park.
March 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Trees downed.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Trees downed throughout the county.
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Trees downed along Hwy 32.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Numerous trees down along US 71.
December 2001	Flash Flood	Ashdown	-	U.S. Hwy 71 closed from high water. Numerous cars stalled out in the flooded roads.
November 2000	Flash Flood	Ashdown	-	Flooding reported on County Roads 3, 18, 19, 56, 58, 63, 95, and 133 and US 41 and 71. Driving impossible in many locations.
September 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Several large trees down.
September 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Numerous trees down.
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Few trees and power lines down.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Ashdown	-	Several trees were blown down which fell across Highway 108.
April 2011	Hail	Ashdown	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Ashdown	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Ashdown	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Ashdown	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Ashdown	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Ashdown	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Ashdown	-	no account filed
April 2009	Hail	Ashdown	-	no account filed
February 2008	Hail	Ashdown	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Ashdown	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Ashdown	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Ashdown	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Little River 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Judge Jefferson Thomas Cowling House	under 500 feet	1988
Memphis, Paris and Gulf Railroad Depot	0.3 miles	1994
Ashdown Commercial Historic District	0.3 miles	2008
Hunter-Coulter House	0.4 miles	1996
Little River County Courthouse	0.5 miles	1976
Little River County Training School Historic District	0.7 miles	2016

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 12001232 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Little River County	All 20 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.