Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
“The Henry Atchley House is a historic house in Dalark, Arkansas, a rural town in western Dallas County. It is located on County Road 249, just off Arkansas Highway 8.”
Wikipedia article Henry Atchley House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 41 National Register listings published here for Dallas County · listed in 1983 · 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 81 fires within 5 miles of Henry Atchley House between 1997 and 2020, burning about 805 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Henry Atchley House: 6 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dalark, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 12 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | $175,000 | A bow echo caused a swath of wind damage. Hundreds of trees were snapped off or uprooted and many utility lines were knocked down. A vacant house in Manning was crushed by a falling tree and the roofs of two mobile homes were damaged. Southeast of Tulip, the roof of a house was damaged. In Carthage, a falling tree knocked some windows out of a house and crushed a pickup truck, and a metal building had part of its roof removed. At the Fairview community north of Sparkman, a house caught fire after an accident with candles, which were being used to light the house after power lines were knocked down. The house burned to the ground. Boys 2 and 3 years old were killed in the fire and their father suffered burns while trying to rescue them. Power was knocked out to the entire county. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | $175,000 | Dozens of trees were blown down in Dalark, blocking virtually every road in the small town. Several of the trees fell on houses and storage sheds, and one crushed a travel trailer. One mobile home was destroyed by a falling tree and another had its roof blown off. |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F3) | Dalark | $130,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | $5,000 | A few trees were blown down. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | $3,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | - | Trees were down across Hwy. 7 and all lanes were temporarily blocked. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Dalark | - | Highway 7 in Dalark had 2.5 feet of water over it. Various roads in Dallas County have 3 to 4 inches over the roads. |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Dalark | - | Rainfall amounts included 5.26 inches at Sparkman and 4.27 inches at Fordyce. |
| August 2006 | Lightning | Dalark | - | Lightning set a tree on fire. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | - | Few trees blown down. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | - | Several trees were knocked down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Dalark | - | A weak tornado touched down over northeast Dallas County about 7 miles north-northeast of Dalark. The tornado moved through mostly rural areas and caused extensive tree damage. The tornado moved northeast into Hot Spring County. |
| March 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Dalark | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Dalark | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Dalark | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Dalark | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Dalark | - | no account filed |
| December 2001 | Flash Flood | Dalark | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Dalark | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Dalark | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Thomas Homestead | 4.0 miles | 1984 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83003461 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Dallas County | All 41 listed properties in this county. |
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