Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
“The Mount Moriah Masonic Lodge No. 18 is a historic building in Lisbon, Arkansas, US. The two-story wood frame lodge building was built in 1858, and is virtually unaltered.”
Wikipedia article Mount Moriah Masonic Lodge No. 18, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 40 National Register listings published here for Union County · listed in 1987 · 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 89 fires within 5 miles of Mount Moriah Masonic Lodge No. 18 between 1997 and 2019, burning about 546 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lisbon, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Lisbon | $10,000 | An EF1 tornado touched down southwest of Smackover, Arkansas downing several large trees and snapping others. A roof was also peeled back from a home southwest of town. The path width was 75 yards wide with a path length near 6 miles. The tornado continued into Ouachita County. |
| March 2024 | Flash Flood | Lisbon | - | Several reports of flooding in El Dorado and the nearby Lisbon community. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Lisbon | - | Manhole covers were floating away due to floodwaters throughout El Dorado. Widespread flooding was observed across much of Union County. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lisbon | - | A large tree was blown down near the 4700 block of Mount Holly Highway. A vehicle ran into the tree was no injuries were reported. |
| April 2019 | Flash Flood | Lisbon | - | Several pictures and videos of flooding across the city of El Dorado was posted to the KATV-TV Facebook page. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lisbon | - | Damaging thunderstorm winds uprooted a few trees, snapped large limbs, and blew shingles and a portion of metal roofing off of a couple of homes on Lisbon Road near the Lisbon community. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lisbon | - | A tree was blown down on Lisbon Road northwest of El Dorado, Arkansas. |
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Lisbon | - | Numerous roads were underwater across the county including 335, 172 and Mount Holly Road. ASP Troop F also reported Highway 167 was closed in several places. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Lisbon | - | Quarter sized hail fell in the Lisbon community. |
| March 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Lisbon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Willett House | 2.0 miles | 1995 |
| Goodwin Field Administration Building | 3.9 miles | 2018 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87000442 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Union County | All 40 listed properties in this county. |
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