Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
“The Thurmond House is a historic house at 407 Britt in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. It is an American Foursquare wood-frame house, stories in height with a wide hip roof.”
Wikipedia article Thurmond House (Siloam Springs, 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
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Thurmond House between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,131 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 43 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 | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2011 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 120 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30408 |
| 24 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Thurmond House: 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siloam Springs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Siloam Springs, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 1995: 19 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Siloam Springs | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Siloam Springs | $2,000 | no account filed |
| January 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | Severe thunderstorms moved from southeast Oklahoma into northwest Arkansas during the evening of January 12th. Large hail accompanied the storms with quarter-size hail which covered the ground eight miles northeast of Lavaca. Dime-size hail fell at several other locations in northwest Arkansas. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | Heavy rains caused flooding in Siloam Springs. Several streets in Siloam Springs were covered by water up to four feet deep. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | Heavy rains caused flooding in Siloam Springs. Several streets in Siloam Springs were covered by water up to four feet deep. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few tree limbs. |
| April 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Siloam Springs | - | A small F0 tornado briefly touched down in an open area. There was no damage reported. |
| January 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| November 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| November 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| November 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| December 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| December 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| December 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| January 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fred Bartell House | 0.3 miles | 1988 |
 | German Builder's House | 0.3 miles | 1988 |
 | Grand Army of the Republic Memorial | 0.3 miles | 1996 |
 | House at 305 E. Ashley | 0.4 miles | 1988 |
 | Stockton Building | 0.4 miles | 1988 |
 | Pyeatte House | 0.4 miles | 1995 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87002430 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. |
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