Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
“Kocourek and Son Hardware is a historic commercial building at 110 East North Front Street in Hazen, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick structure, with commercial Italianate styling typical of the early 20th century.”
Wikipedia article Kocourek and Son Hardware, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 15 National Register listings published here for Prairie County · listed in 2015 · 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 2 fires within 5 miles of Kocourek and Son Hardware between 2005 and 2015, burning about 7 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 June 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hazen, the town this property stands in, in 44 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 21 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 3 tornado, 3 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | $50,000 | Social media showed a picture of a tree that was blown onto an Airstream trailer, significantly damaging the trailer. No injuries were reported. Time is based on radar data. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | $50,000 | Trees were blown down, flagpoles were snapped, and several homes were damaged in Hazen. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | $50,000 | Several trees were blown down and some roofs were damaged. |
| May 1997 | Lightning | Hazen | $30,000 | Lightning struck a house which resulted in a fire. The fire spread from the attic area and eventually destroyed much of the house. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | $10,000 | Trees were down. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down. One of the trees fell on a shed. A tree fell at the intersection of U.S. Highway 70 and Livermore. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew trees down. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | $5,000 | Some trees were knocked down. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | $3,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | $2,000 | A tree was blown down on U.S. Highway 63 near Hazen. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | - | Trees were reported down all around Prairie County. A power line was down on Hwy. 302 in Hazen. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Hazen | - | Water was running on city streets. |
| May 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Hazen | - | A funnel cloud was photographed near Hazen. |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Hazen | - | Rainfall amounts included 3.26 inches at Brasfield and 3.18 inches at Des Arc. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | - | Winds were estimated at 65 mph. |
| September 2007 | Flash Flood | Hazen | - | Arkansas Highway 11 near Hazen was impassable due to high water over the road. |
| December 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Hazen | - | A weak tornado touched down 1.2 miles southeast of Hazen and tracked to the northeast for 2 miles before lifting. Two residences suffered damage from fallen trees. A carport and a small shed were destroyed. Two mobile homes where damaged. A few trees were also blown down, as was a billboard. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | - | Some large tree limbs were knocked down. |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some power lines. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Hazen | - | Hail up to nickel size caused damage to some crops around Hazen. |
| February 2000 | Tornado (F2) | Hazen | - | A strong tornado that was spawned in Lonoke County moved into Prairie County, crossing the county line about 7.5 miles northwest of Hazen. Not long after entering the county, the tornado damaged or destroyed a couple of barns and several shop buildings in the Center Point community on Arkansas Highway 249. In the same area, a mobile home was knocked off of its foundation, a home was badly damaged by a fallen tree, and shingles were removed from several roofs. The tornado began weakening as it headed into the Wattensaw Wildlife Management Area, where some tree damage was found. The tornado dissipated about 1.7 miles west of Biscoe. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Hazen | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | - | Some power lines were blown down. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Hail | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| November 2006 | Hail | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| December 2001 | Flash Flood | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F2) | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Hazen | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Hazen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Rock Island Depot | under 500 feet | 1987 |
 | De Valls Bluff Waterworks | 6.7 miles | 2007 |
 | Prairie County Courthouse | 6.7 miles | 1995 |
 | St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church | 6.9 miles | 2009 |
 | Castleberry Hotel | 6.9 miles | 2007 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000257 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Prairie County | All 15 listed properties in this county. |
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