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Photograph of Shady Grove School
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Shady Grove School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

“The Shady Grove School is a historic school building on Arkansas Highway 94 near Pea Ridge, Arkansas. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof and a concrete foundation.”

Wikipedia article Shady Grove School (Pea Ridge, Arkansas), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 162 National Register listings published here for Benton County · listed in 1988 · 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. AR 94, Pea Ridge, 72751
  • When was it listed? January 1988
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Benton County MRA
  • Township. Township 3
  • National Register reference number. 87002361 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 882 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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 burning21
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 2012Natural10 acresPea Ridge National Military ParkGUTHRIE ROAD
20 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePea Ridge National Military Park19 DODD ROAD WF
1 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 July 2012Naturalunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkRM SYCAMORE
4 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.7 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177218-06021-06042018-1535
30 June 2012Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresPea Ridge National Military ParkEAGLE CREST FIRE
1 May 2014Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionBEN17526665

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Storms near this property

60 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pea Ridge, the town this property stands in, in 60 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 37 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 5 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2008Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge4 hurt, $100,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour destroyed two mobile homes. Four people had to be extricated from the debris.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge1 hurt, $20,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roofs of several homes. Large trees limbs were snapped from trees, one fell on a woman injuring her.
August 2013Flash FloodPea Ridge$1,000,000Portions of Highway 265 were closed north of Pea Ridge due to flooding. Significant damage to roads and bridges occurred due to flooding in this portion of the county.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$100,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew down hundreds of trees from near the west side to the north side of Pea Ridge. The trees blocked may roads. One large tree limb which was blown down penetrated the roof of a home. In addition, the wind was so strong it shook a mobile home enough that it's windows shattered. Many power poles and power lines were also knocked down.
April 2023HailPea Ridge$25,000Half dollar size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
May 2011HailPea Ridge$25,000no account filed
July 2018HailPea Ridge$20,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$15,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto a house.
April 2014HailPea Ridge$15,000no account filed
September 1999Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$11,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Pea Ridge. One tree was blown onto a car, destroying the car.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged many trees, blew down power lines, and damaged the roofs of homes.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roofs of homes.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a house.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
July 2018HailPea Ridge$5,000no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$5,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines northwest of Pea Ridge.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down power lines.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$1,000Several trees and power lines were blown down in Pea Ridge.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$100no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$100no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted numerous trees in a broad swath from the west side of Pea Ridge to the western portion of the Pea Ridge National Military Park.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto Highway 94.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees on Highway 72.
November 2018Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto Davis Street.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees at the Pea Ridge National Military Park.
July 2017Flash FloodPea Ridge-Several streets were flooded by heavy rainfall in Pea Ridge.
May 2015Flash FloodPea Ridge-Portions of Dove Road were flooded south of Highway 72.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down multiple trees and large tree limbs near Pea Ridge.
May 2011Flash FloodPea Ridge-Flood water covered the roadway at Highway 94 and Wildflower, south of Pea Ridge.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a couple large trees between Little Flock and Pea Ridge.
November 2008Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees.
January 2024HailPea Ridge-no account filed
May 2024HailPea Ridge-no account filed
May 2024HailPea Ridge-no account filed
March 2017HailPea Ridge-no account filed
April 2014HailPea Ridge-no account filed
April 2008HailPea Ridge-no account filed
March 2008HailPea Ridge-no account filed
May 2005HailPea Ridge-no account filed
November 2001Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-no account filed
April 1997Tornado (F0)Pea Ridge-no account filed
March 1996HailPea Ridge-no account filed
March 1996HailPea Ridge-no account filed
March 1996HailPea Ridge-no account filed
October 1995HailPea Ridge-no account filed
April 1994HailPea Ridge-no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benton 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Springfield to Fayetteville Road-Cross Hollow Segment1.5 miles2005
Pea Ridge Commercial Historic District2.1 miles2007
Miller Homestead3.2 miles1988
Wonderland Cave5.5 miles1988
Lamberton Cabin5.6 miles1988
Sutherlin Cabin5.7 miles1988

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 87002361 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Benton CountyAll 162 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.
  • 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.