Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
“The Jacob Wolf House is a historic house on Arkansas Highway 5 in Norfork, Arkansas. It is a log structure, built in 1825 by Jacob Wolf, the first documented white settler of the area.”
Wikipedia article Jacob Wolf House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 25 National Register listings published here for Baxter County · listed in 1973 · 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 80 fires within 5 miles of Jacob Wolf House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,886 acres in total. None started naturally. 34 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 | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| 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 Jacob Wolf House: 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 |
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 | under 500 feet | 1995 |
 | North Fork Bridge | 0.1 miles | |
 | Sid Hutcheson Building | 0.2 miles | 2014 |
| North Fork Bridge | 0.2 miles | |
 | Horace Mann School Historic District | 0.4 miles | 2007 |
| Galatia Church | 2.8 miles |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 73000380 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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