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One of 10 National Register listings published here for Lafayette County · listed in 1977 · category: Site · built in 1845.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Conway Cemetery
Built in 1845. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. W of Bradley, Bradley, 71826
- When was it listed? November 1977
- Category. site
- Township. Roane township
- When was it built? 1845
- National Register reference number. 77000259 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
78 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Conway Cemetery between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,690 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 24 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 | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Conway Cemetery: 2 past producers. 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.
Storms near this property
46 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bradley, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 22 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | 1 hurt, $10,000 | A tree was blown down onto a vehicle trapping a man inside. He was injured and taken to a local hospital. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | $500,000 | Upwards of 20 homes wee damaged across the southern half of Lafayette County, Arkansas from thunderstorms winds. The homes were damaged from fallen trees. There were no reports of injuries across the county. Areas around Lake Erling were especially hit hard as trees and powerlines blocked roads and across to some residential areas. At least a mile of Hwy. 53 was littered with debris which had to be removed before emergency personnel could assist a motorist trapped in his truck by a tree tangled in high voltage power lines. One home positioned a the edge of the lake on Laf. 260 had the roof stripped. Another large tree fell on a truck and the tree also clipped an adjacent home. Three trees were also downed on mobile homes in the area. At Sandy Point, it was estimated that three-fourths of the homes had some type of damage. At Cypress Point, most of the homes were reported to have some type of storm damage ranging from roof damage, downed trees, broken windows, dented walls and damaged vehicles. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | $50,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. Two houses sustained roof damage and windows were blown out of a store. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged two houses and downed some trees. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | $1,000 | Trees were downed west of town along with the tin roof damage to some outbuildings. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | $500 | Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | A tree was blown down blocking Crabtree Lane in Bradley. |
| March 2024 | Flash Flood | Bradley | - | Numerous county roads in the southern part of Lafayette County were flooded and closed. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | Trees downed across Highway 160 east of Bradley. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | A large tree was blown down on Olive Avenue in Bradley. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Bradley | - | Half dollar size hail reported in Bradley. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 160 east of Bradley. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | Trees and power lines down across the central and southern half of Lafayette County. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | Trees down on power lines on Highway 160 east of Bradley. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | Numerous trees and powerlines were downed across the entire county. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | Trees were downed on Hwy. 29. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Bradley | - | One foot of water was reported across County Roads 9 and 4 west of town. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | Numerous trees and power lines were downed in the Bradley, community. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Bradley | - | Hail reported in the Canfield community. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | Trees down at State Line Road on Hwy. 360. Several trees and power lines were also downed in the Bradley area. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | Numerous trees down. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | Strong straight line winds and heavy rain pummeled the area knocking down numerous trees. One tree fell onto a van bringing a power line with it. The line was pulled off the pole otherwise the occupants would have been electrocuted according to the local police. A chimney was blown from a house on Lafayette County road 5. Nearby, a chicken house received a large hole when a 6 to 8 inch wide limb blew into it and seven large pecan trees were blown down. |
| December 2002 | Flash Flood | Bradley | - | Several county roads under water. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | Several large trees down near Walnut Creek and FM 3302. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | Trees were toppled along Hwy 53 just north of Walker Creek. No damage to homes or structures occurred. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | Trees down across Hwy 67. |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Bradley | - | The tornado tracked through wooded area causing no damage other than nuisance road blockages from fallen trees. |
| June 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Bradley | - | A funnel cloud was reported near Highway 29 and State Highway 160. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| November 2001 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 77000259 in Record Group 79. |
| Lafayette County | All 10 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.