Johnson House and Mill

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

From the record

“The Johnson House and Mill is a group of historically significant structures at 3906 Johnson Mill Boulevard in Johnson, Arkansas, USA. The house is a two-story brick building, fashioned from locally manufactured bricks, and the mill is a large wood-frame structure with a gable roof and large waterwheel at one end.”
Wikipedia article Johnson House and Mill, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 160 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. W of Johnson on Johnson Rd., Johnson, 72762
When was it listed? December 1976
Category. building
Township. Johnson township
National Register reference number. 76000473 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

11 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Johnson House and Mill between 2005 and 2017, burning about 40 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Debris and open burning	2
Natural	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
28 August 2012	Natural	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 August 2012	Natural	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 July 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 July 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
24 July 2005	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
11 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 April 2014	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	WAS14738950
12 February 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Johnson House and Mill: 13 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Johnson Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mcclinton Bros Co	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Unk	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Unk	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Cove Creek Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

46 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnson, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 16 hail, 16 flash flood, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death and 7 injuries. 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 2008	Flash Flood	Johnson	1 killed	Heavy rain caused flooding which resulted in roads being closed in the central portion of Washington County. A 48 year old man tried to drive through a flooded low water crossing near West Fork and his vehicle became stranded. He was washed downstream and was found 7 miles away in the White River.
March 2022	Tornado (EF3)	Johnson	7 hurt, $20,000,000	This tornado developed south of Joyce Boulevard and east of Steele Boulevard, southwest of the Northwest Arkansas Mall. The tornado damaged businesses, blew down trees, rolled a van, and then moved across the western portion of the mall. As it moved north-northeast from near the mall, the tornado blew down a cellular phone tower, and destroyed a building near Main Drive. As it continued north-northeast, it damaged numerous homes and businesses, and blew down numerous trees. Major portions of the roofs of several homes were blown off on Pagosa Street, and a vehicle was flipped over in a driveway. The tornado then destroyed the gymnasium at George Elementary School, which was a metal building structure. A home just north of the gym was severely damaged, and a couple nearby large, wooden electrical poles were snapped. A large, metal building structure was destroyed as the tornado neared Highway 412, with several other businesses nearby severely damaged. A hangar was destroyed and other buildings were damaged on the east side of the Springdale Airport. Minor damage to trees and to the roofs of homes continued until the tornado neared Emma Avenue, where it appeared to dissipate. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 135 to 145 mph. Debris from the tornado was carried into Benton County. This tornado injured seven people, and damaged or destroyed at least 135 homes, and damaged or destroyed at least 40 businesses.
May 2020	Hail	Johnson	$250,000	Grapefruit size hail damaged vehicles, homes, and businesses.
May 2020	Hail	Johnson	$200,000	Hailstones were measured to five inches in diameter by a resident on Buckingham Drive. Hail damaged vehicles and homes in this area.
July 2013	Flash Flood	Johnson	$200,000	Locally heavy rainfall resulted in small creeks coming out of their banks and flooding a nursing home, from which 20 people were evacuated. A dozen homes were also flooded along with vehicles and portions of Hewitt Road, Ball Street, Wilkerson Road, and Main Drive. Constuction in this portion of Johnson may have been a factor in the flooding.
June 1999	Lightning	Johnson	$75,000	Lightning caused a fire that heavily damaged a duplex in Johnson.
June 2023	Hail	Johnson	$20,000	Ping pong ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
May 2020	Hail	Johnson	$20,000	Ping pong ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
July 2018	Hail	Johnson	$15,000	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Johnson	$15,000	no account filed
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Johnson	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tent at the Northwest Arkansas Mall parking lot.
June 2019	Hail	Johnson	$10,000	no account filed
July 2010	Flash Flood	Johnson	$5,000	A vehicle was submerged in flood waters just southwest of town.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Johnson	$2,000	Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large limbs and damaged a privacy fence.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Johnson	$2,000	Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs and blew down power lines.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Johnson	$2,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew shingles from the roof of a home near W Shady Grove Road and Highway 71B.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Johnson	$1,000	Thunderstorm wind estimated at 70 miles blew a semi off of Interstate 540. Several trees in the city of Johnson were blown down.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Johnson	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
December 2021	Flash Flood	Johnson	-	Emergency management reported multiple roadways in and around Johnson were flooded.
October 2019	Flash Flood	Johnson	-	Portions of Ball Street in Johnson were closed due to flooding.
October 2019	Flash Flood	Johnson	-	Portions of several roads were flooded west of Shady Grove.
February 2019	Flash Flood	Johnson	-	Several roads were flooded in and around Wheeler.
October 2019	Flash Flood	Johnson	-	Highway 112 was closed in both directions between W Van Asche Drive and Highway 49 due to flooding.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Johnson	-	Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs south of Arvest Ballpark.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Johnson	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto a road.
April 2017	Flash Flood	Johnson	-	Heavy rainfall resulted in numerous streets and parking lots to be flooded in town.
December 2015	Flood	Johnson	-	Ball Street in Johnson was closed due to high water.
December 2015	Flood	Johnson	-	Ball Street in Johnson was closed due to flooding.
July 2015	Flash Flood	Johnson	-	Portions of Wilkerson Road were closed due to flooding.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Johnson	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several large tree limbs.
May 2013	Flash Flood	Johnson	-	Several roads across northern Washington County were reported flooded.
April 2013	Flash Flood	Johnson	-	Portions of Old Missouri Road northeast of Fayetteville were reported flooded.
March 2012	Flash Flood	Johnson	-	Ball Street was closed due to high water.
April 2011	Flash Flood	Johnson	-	Mudd Creek flooded portions of Paradise Valley Golf Course as well as several roads in the area.
July 2010	Flash Flood	Johnson	-	A spotter reported low water crossings covered by four feet of water.
September 2008	Flash Flood	Johnson	-	Heavy rains caused flooding which required a few roads in and near Johnson and Fayetteville to be closed.
March 2026	Hail	Johnson	-	no account filed
March 2026	Hail	Johnson	-	no account filed
February 2023	Hail	Johnson	-	no account filed
May 2022	Hail	Johnson	-	no account filed
May 2021	Hail	Johnson	-	no account filed
April 2015	Hail	Johnson	-	no account filed
July 2012	Hail	Johnson	-	no account filed
July 2012	Hail	Johnson	-	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Johnson	-	no account filed
February 1998	Hail	Johnson	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington County

Map coverage status

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Jackson House	under 500 feet	1982
Johnson Switch Building	0.7 miles	1999
Strengthen the Arm of Liberty Monument	2.0 miles	2012
Weathers House	2.3 miles	2023
Troy Gordon House	3.0 miles	1978
Hemingway House and Barn	3.1 miles	1982

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 76000473 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington County	All 160 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.