Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
“The Osage Mills Dam is a historic dam in rural Benton County, Arkansas. It impounds Little Osage Creek, just upstream of Mill Dam Road, between Rogers and the Northwest Arkansas National Airport.”
Wikipedia article Osage Mills Dam, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 162 National Register listings published here for Benton County · listed in 1988 · category: Structure.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Osage Mills Dam between 1998 and 2019, burning about 1,237 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 875 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | BUTLER CREEK |
| 12 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2012 | Smoking | 23 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 1998 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osage Mills, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at the Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) measured 68 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Osage Mills | - | Portions of multiple roads were flooded and closed in and around Cave Springs. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at the Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) measured thunderstorm wind gusts up to 66 mph. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at the Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) measured 64 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at the Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) measured 64 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at the Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) measured 63 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Osage Mills | - | Portions of Mill Dam Road were closed due to flooding. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) measured 59 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) measured 63 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (KXNA) measured 66 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) measured 61 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS unit at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) measured 59 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) measured 58 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) measured 82 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Alden House | 0.4 miles | 1988 |
 | Council Grove Methodist Church | 0.9 miles | 1988 |
 | Piercy Farmstead | 1.4 miles | 1988 |
 | Rife Farmstead | 1.7 miles | 1988 |
| Rife House | 2.9 miles | 1988 | |
 | Shores Warehouse | 3.0 miles | 1988 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87002376 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Benton County | All 162 listed properties in this county. |
Block