Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
“Blakely House is a dogtrot house located on Arkansas Highway 84 in Social Hill, Arkansas. Greenberry Blakely, one of the first settlers of Hot Spring County, built the house in 1874.”
Wikipedia article Blakely House (Social Hill, Arkansas), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 27 National Register listings published here for Hot Spring County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Blakely House between 1997 and 2019, burning about 985 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 36 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Blakely House: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Social Hill, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2008: 6 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Social Hill | $5,000 | Some trees were blown down. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Social Hill | - | Trees and power lines were down between the junction of Arkansas Highway 84 and Southwest Trail to Possum Trot Road. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Social Hill | - | A few trees were blown down. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Social Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Social Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Social Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Social Hill | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Social Hill | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Social Hill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morrison Plantation Smokehouse | 6.3 miles | 1977 | |
| Garrett's Grocery Store | 7.8 miles | 2023 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76002142 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hot Spring County | All 27 listed properties in this county. |
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