Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
“The Hanger Cotton Gin is a historic cotton gin in Sweet Home, Arkansas. Built about 1876, it is a rare surviving example of a steam-powered gin.”
Wikipedia article Hanger Cotton Gin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 383 National Register listings published here for Pulaski County · listed in 1976 · 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 57 fires within 5 miles of Hanger Cotton Gin between 1997 and 2019, burning about 717 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 19 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of Hanger Cotton Gin: 40 unknowns, 9 producers, 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Niobium (Columbium). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourche Bayou Deposit | Niobium (Columbium) | Occurrence | ||
| Little Rock Plant | Aluminum, Clay | Unknown | ||
| Elkins Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Hoffman | Clay | Producer | ||
| Little Rock Industrial Minerals Pnt | Clay | Producer | ||
| Arch Street Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Crystal Hl | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Granite Mountain Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Granite Mountain Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Granite Mountain Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sweet Home, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2011: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1997 | Tornado (F2) | Sweet Home | $10,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweet Home | $5,000 | Several large trees were blown down. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Sweet Home | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Sweet Home | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Minnesota Monument | 2.9 miles | 1996 |
| Roosevelt Road Bridge | 2.9 miles | 2026 | |
 | Little Rock National Cemetery | 3.0 miles | 1996 |
 | Climber Motor Car Factory, Unit A | 3.2 miles | 2005 |
 | Oakland-Fraternal Cemetery | 3.3 miles | 2010 |
 | Harris House | 3.3 miles | 1998 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76000463 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Pulaski County | All 383 listed properties in this county. |
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