BlockFrom the record
One of 32 National Register listings published here for Lonoke County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Dortch Plantation (Boundary Increase)
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- Address. NE of Scott off AR 130 at Bearskin Lake, Scott, 72142
- When was it listed? March 1979
- Category. building
- Township. Dortch township
- National Register reference number. 79003777 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Dortch Plantation (Boundary Increase) between 1997 and 2018, burning about 36 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 June 2001 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Storms near this property
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scott, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Scott | $75,000 | A tornado developed near the northwest side of Bearskin Lake. A large metal building had its doors blown in and one side of the structure was blown out. Shingles were blown off several houses. One shed was destroyed and the roof was blown off another. A number of trees were blown down. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott | - | Some large trees were blown down along Hwy. 161 near Scott. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott | - | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott | - | An awning was removed from a building and an irrigation pivot was overturned. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Scott | - | A weak tornado was spawned in southwestern Lonoke County about 4 miles southeast of Scott. The tornado overturned a recreational vehicle and damaged roofs on several homes. A few fences were blown down, and some trees were uprooted. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott | - | Thunderstorm winds, estimated at around 100 mph, caused damage to an irrigation system. Several sections of a center pivot were blown over and some wooden pallets were tossed into an open field. |
| March 1999 | Hail | Scott | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Scott | - | 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.
Listed places nearby
3 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dortch Plantation | 0.3 miles | 1975 |
 | Ashley-Alexander House | 2.5 miles | 1976 |
| US 70, Union Valley Segment | 3.6 miles | 2004 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79003777 in Record Group 79. |
| Lonoke County | All 32 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.
- 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.