Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
“The Bluff Springs Church and School is a historic dual-purpose building in rural northwestern Stone County, Arkansas. It is located west of Onia, near the junction of county roads 136 and 140.”
Wikipedia article Bluff Springs Church and School, 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 82 fires within 5 miles of Bluff Springs Church and School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,519 acres in total. None started naturally. 50 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 | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | FLAT |
| 15 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GARAGE |
| 15 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PAUL |
| 7 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 32 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bluff Springs Church and School: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Onia, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2011: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onia | $75,000 | Empty chicken houses were damaged. A barn roof was blown off. Roads were blocked by fallen trees. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onia | $10,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onia | - | Thunderstorm winds blew over a trailer and caused roof damage to several buildings. A number of trees and power lines were also knocked down. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onia | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree across a road. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Onia | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onia | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Onia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Newton Sutterfield Farmstead | 0.9 miles | 2003 |
 | Alco School | 2.6 miles | 1992 |
| Jim Morris Barn | 6.1 miles | 1985 | |
 | Roasting Ear Church and School | 6.1 miles | 1985 |
| George Anderson House | 6.5 miles | 1985 | |
 | Orvall Gammill Barn | 6.9 miles | 1985 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85002210 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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