Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
“The Wolf Cemetery is a historic cemetery in rural Baxter County, Arkansas. It is located near the end of County Road 68, just south of its crossing of railroad tracks and north of the White River.”
Wikipedia article Wolf Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 25 National Register listings published here for Baxter County · listed in 2013 · category: Site.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Wolf Cemetery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,080 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 32 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | FLOWER CREEK |
| 23 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 9.8 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PRETTY HILL |
| 21 August 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | KNOB |
| 19 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MATNEY |
| 17 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 175 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PRETTY HILL |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wolf Cemetery: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Iron Oxide Pigments. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. R. Cox Mine | Iron Oxide Pigments | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Stone | Unknown |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norfork, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2018: 18 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. The reports record 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfork | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Norfork | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfork | $20,000 | Trees were down and the awning was blown down at a gas station. |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfork | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfork | - | Trees were down in Norfork and at the Quarry Campground. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfork | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Norfork | - | A weak tornado touched down 4 miles southwest of Norfork and traveled to the northeast for about 4.7 miles before lifting. Structural damage with this tornado was limited, but a roof was blown off an old school which is now being used as a foodbank. A carport was also flipped with shingles removed from a few roofs. Numerous trees were blown down along the path of the tornado. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfork | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees on Highway 5. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfork | - | A few trees were blown down onto a house just south of Norfork. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| February 2012 | Hail | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Norfork | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Norfork | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cold Water School | 1.6 miles | 2008 |
| Galatia Church | 2.1 miles | ||
 | Horace Mann School Historic District | 3.2 miles | 2007 |
 | Sid Hutcheson Building | 3.4 miles | 2014 |
 | Davis House | 3.6 miles | 1995 |
 | Jacob Wolf House | 3.6 miles | 1973 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 13000063 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Baxter County | All 25 listed properties in this county. |
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