Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
“The Benjamin Franklin Henley House is a historic house in rural Searcy County, Arkansas. Joe, on the south side of a side road off Arkansas Highway 374.”
Wikipedia article Benjamin Franklin Henley House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 52 National Register listings published here for Searcy 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 143 fires within 5 miles of Benjamin Franklin Henley House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,205 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 61 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 | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Buffalo National River | DUFFER |
| 15 September 2000 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Buffalo National River | SAPLING |
| 31 July 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Buffalo National River | NORTHSIDE |
| 18 June 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Buffalo National River | BUCKET FIR |
| 5 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | SEA27311610 |
| 28 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Buffalo National River | DRIFTPILE1 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Benjamin Franklin Henley House: 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo River Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Copper | Copper, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Fullbright Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Lockhart Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Lucky Dog Mine | Lead | Unknown | ||
| San Juan Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Uncle Sam Prosplect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Big Hurricane | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Davy Crockett | Zinc | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Henley Hotel | 1.0 miles | 2011 |
 | St. Joe Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad Depot | 1.1 miles | 1993 |
 | Mays General Store | 5.2 miles | 1983 |
 | Willmering Tourist Cabins Historic District | 5.2 miles | 2000 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85003070 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Searcy County | All 52 listed properties in this county. |
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