Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

“Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church is a historic church at 409 S. It is a red brick building with front facing gable roof, and a pair of square towers flanking the main structure.”
Wikipedia article Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church (Brinkley, Arkansas), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 43 National Register listings published here for Monroe County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 409 S. Main St., Brinkley, 72021
When was it listed? November 1986
Category. building
Township. Brinkley township
National Register reference number. 86002951 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

10 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church between 1993 and 2016, burning about 246 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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	4
Arson/incendiarism	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
28 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2000	Misuse of fire by a minor	47 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 July 2002	Debris and open burning	122 acres	Central Arkansas Refuges Complex	BANKS
18 July 2006	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
17 February 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	LON859527
29 November 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Central Arkansas Refuges Complex	MCGRAW
2 November 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
8 January 2006	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church: 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
	Brewer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this property

60 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brinkley, the town this property stands in, in 72 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 36 thunderstorm wind, 30 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	$500,000	Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees, some of which fell on parked cars. A number of homes and businesses were damaged by fallen trees. Some power lines were also pulled down by falling trees. One mobile home was destroyed and several others were damaged. An airplane was flipped over at the municipal airport.
February 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	$200,000	A severe thunderstorm struck the Cloverdale section of Brinkley. Trees, power lines, and power poles were blown down. A few of the trees landed on houses and carports. A number of houses suffered roof or siding damage. Fences were blown down. Ten garage doors at a vacant car dealership were blown in.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	$100,000	Several trees were blown down across Brinkley, one of which damaged a home. There was also damage to the roof of the elementary school.
November 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	$100,000	Straight-line winds from a severe thunderstorm produced damage in and around the Brinkley area. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down, with a few homes and vehicles damaged by fallen trees. Several dozen houses also sustained roof damage from the strong winds. Part of the roof of a grain elevator was torn off. It appears that a brief gustnado may have have been spawned around a farm, resulting in the destruction of a metal farm shop and four grain bins.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	$50,000	Trees and power lines were blown down. Large signs of several businesses were blown down.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	$50,000	Trees and power lines were blown down. The street department sustained roof damage.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	$50,000	Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a house.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	$40,000	Numerous power lines were blown down, leaving much of Brinkley without power. Several trees were blown down as well.
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	$15,000	Trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	$10,000	A tree fell, knocking down power lines.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	$5,000	Several trees were blown down.
May 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power poles.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	$1,000	A large limb fell, blocking Pine St. in Brinkley.
May 2010	Flash Flood	Brinkley	$1,000	Many roads were reported to be under water in Brinkley, including West 3rd St., Charlyne St., and parts of Main St.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	$1,000	Large limbs were blown down.
February 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	Trees and powerlines were blown down in Brinkley.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	Local officials reported trees and power lines down near Country Club Rd. and Floyd Brown Rd. in Brinkley. Time is based on radar data.
April 2022	Hail	Brinkley	-	Hail of dime to quarter size fell on the north side of Brinkley.
April 2022	Flash Flood	Brinkley	-	The intersection of West Maple and N. Main St. was flooded with approximately one foot of water.
February 2018	Flood	Brinkley	-	All lanes of highway 49 north of Brinkley were temporarily blocked due to high water.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	A mobile road sign was blown down on Interstate 40 at Brinkley.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	There was extensive damage to trees and power lines at Brinkley.
May 2010	Hail	Brinkley	-	Quarter size hail fell in downtown Brinkley.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	A tree was blown down and was blocking U.S. Highway 49 south of Brinkley.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	A tree was down and was blocking a road in the Dagmar Wildlife Management Area.
September 2006	Lightning	Brinkley	-	Lightning struck a vehicle along Interstate 40. The tires of the vehicle were blown out, and the vehicle was damaged.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines at Brinkley.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	Signs blown down.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	Trees down.
March 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	Thunderstorm winds caused some structural damage to several buildings in Brinkley. Roof damage was noted on some of the buildings, with signs and windows blown out as well. A number of trees and power lines were also knocked down in the area. Some smaller storage buildings were damaged as well.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	Large tree limbs were blown down at Brinkley.
May 2003	Flash Flood	Brinkley	-	Heavy rains caused some street flooding in Brinkley. Several homes were also flooded.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a home just to the south of Brinkley.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees along Highway 17.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	Several buildings sustained roof damage.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 mph along Interstate 40.
April 2022	Funnel Cloud	Brinkley	-	no account filed
January 2012	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed
January 2012	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed
September 2011	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed
August 2011	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed
March 2008	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed
November 2006	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed
November 2006	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed
July 2005	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed
February 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	no account filed
March 2001	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed
June 2001	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed
February 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	no account filed
April 2000	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed
January 1999	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Brinkley	-	no account filed
June 1999	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed
January 1999	Hail	Brinkley	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe County

Map coverage status

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Brinkley Concrete Streets	under 500 feet	2017
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church	0.2 miles	1992
William Black Family House	0.2 miles	1976
Monroe County Bank Building	0.3 miles	2016
Gazzola and Vaccaro Building	0.4 miles	1982
Rusher Hotel	0.4 miles	1986

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 86002951 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Monroe County	All 43 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.