Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
“The Zachariah Ford House is a historic house in rural eastern Stone County, Arkansas. It is located northeast of Pleasant Grove, off County Road 46, on the bluffs overlooking the flood plain of the White River.”
Wikipedia article Zachariah Ford House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 58 National Register listings published here for Stone County · listed in 1985 · 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 172 fires within 5 miles of Zachariah Ford House between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,348 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 106 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 | 106 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 73 workings within 5 miles of Zachariah Ford House: 45 past producers, 12 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 6 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Stone, Marble, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Limestone Co. | Limestone, Dimension, Aluminum, Stone | Unknown | Bedded high calcium limestone | |
| Canard-Cajun | Clay, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | ||
| E.B.Matheson | Iron | Producer | ||
| Mcbride Mines | Marble, Dimension, Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Rangaire Love Hollow Mine | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Williamson Property | Limestone, High Calcium | Unknown | Bedded limestone | |
| Meyersville Spur | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Meyersville Spur Limestone Property | Aluminum | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Stone Produducts Corp.Quarry | Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | Bedded limestone - Kimmswick formation |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Grove, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Grove | $150,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down around Pleasant Grove and Melrose. Some barns and chicken houses had their roofs blown off. |
| January 2022 | Heavy Rain | Pleasant Grove | - | COCORAHS observer southeast of Mountain View measured 3.65 inches of rain since the day before. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Pleasant Grove | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | Pleasant Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Pleasant Grove | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | John Bettis House | 3.3 miles | 1985 |
 | Henry Copeland House | 3.4 miles | 1985 |
 | Pinky Pruitt Barn | 3.9 miles | 1985 |
| H. J. Doughtery House | 4.2 miles | 1985 | |
| Thomas M. Hess House | 4.3 miles | 1985 | |
| Davis Barn | 4.3 miles | 1985 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85002206 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Stone County | All 58 listed properties in this county. |
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