Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
“The Sid Hutcheson Building is a historic commercial building at 13912 Arkansas Highway 5 in the center of Norfork, Arkansas. Built c. 1910, it is a vernacular two-story structure, built out of local stone and concrete.”
Wikipedia article Sid Hutcheson Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 25 National Register listings published here for Baxter County · listed in 2014 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Sid Hutcheson Building between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,986 acres in total. None started naturally. 36 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 | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MATNEY |
| 9 July 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sid Hutcheson Building: 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Lead, Mercury, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meerscheidt | Lead, Mercury, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Davis House | 0.1 miles | 1995 |
 | Jacob Wolf House | 0.2 miles | 1973 |
 | Horace Mann School Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2007 |
 | North Fork Bridge | 0.3 miles | |
| North Fork Bridge | 0.4 miles | |
| Galatia Church | 2.7 miles |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14000789 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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