Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
“Zion Methodist Church is a historic church in rural Dallas County, Arkansas. The church is located on County Road 407, roughly 2.5 miles northeast of Carthage.”
Wikipedia article Mt. Zion Methodist Church (Carthage, Arkansas), 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 · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Mt. Zion Methodist Church between 1997 and 2020, burning about 635 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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 | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
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 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Mt. Zion Methodist Church: 18 unknowns, 1 past producer. 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 | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carthage, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1993 and 2018: 16 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flood | Carthage | $750,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Carthage | $250,000 | Widespread areal flooding occurred. |
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Carthage | $40,000 | A mobile home was blown off its foundation and had part of its roof blown off, windows blown out, and limbs thrown through its roof. Power lines, power poles, and trees were blown down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | $10,000 | A tree fell across a road. Power outages occurred in Carthage. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | $5,000 | Some trees were down. |
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | - | Trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 229. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and power lines. Six homes and a business in Carthage also sustained roof damage. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | - | Several trees blown down. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Carthage | - | A weak tornado touched down in northeast Dallas County near the Cooney community. The only damage noted were a number of trees that were twisted and blown down. The tornado moved eastward into Grant County. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees on Highway 229 at Carthage. |
| January 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Carthage | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Carthage | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Carthage | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garrison Place | 3.4 miles | 1983 | |
| Hampton Springs Cemetery (Black Section) | 4.6 miles | 1983 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83003529 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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