Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
“The Ebenezer Campground is a historic Methodist summer camp meeting site in rural Howard County, Arkansas. Established in 1854, it is one of the oldest camp meeting sites in Arkansas.”
Wikipedia article Ebenezer Campground, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Howard County · listed in 1976 · 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 73 fires within 5 miles of Ebenezer Campground between 1999 and 2018, burning about 257 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 25 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 | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | HOW8259771 |
| 21 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Ebenezer Campground: 13 unknowns, 9 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Strontium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section 13 Deposit | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Howard County Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Beane Prospect | Strontium | Occurrence | ||
| Dierks Prospect | Strontium | Occurrence | ||
| James Prospect | Strontium | Occurrence | ||
| Messer Creek Prospect | Strontium | Occurrence | ||
| Payne Prospect | Strontium | Occurrence | ||
| Wynn Prospect | Strontium | Occurrence | ||
| G Blackwod | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Center Point, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1993 and 1995: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Point | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Center Point | - | Several cars and roofs of buildings were damaged by two-inch-diameter hail. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Center Point | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Old Corinth Cemetery | 7.2 miles | 2012 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76000416 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Howard County | All 13 listed properties in this county. |
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