Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
“The Marked Tree Lock and Siphons are a flood control facility on the St. Francis River in Poinsett County, Arkansas.”
Wikipedia article Marked Tree Lock and Siphons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 23 National Register listings published here for Poinsett County · listed in 1988 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Marked Tree Lock and Siphons between 2004 and 2006, burning about 37 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 April 2006 | Smoking | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marked Tree, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | $500,000 | Straight-line winds caused widespread damage in Marked Tree. Many trees were uprooted or snapped. Some trees fell on homes. Fences and utility poles were knocked down and some structures sustained damage. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | $50,000 | Trees and powerlines were knocked down in Marked Tree. Several trees were down in the cemetery. A church suffered damage. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down some large trees and destroyed a greenhouse. |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | $20,000 | One house was damaged. Several windows were blown out. Some plastic tanks were blown over. A few trees were knocked down as well. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | $15,000 | A church roof was damaged. Some trees were blown down. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | $10,000 | Multiple trees were knocked down in Marked Tree along Highway 75. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | $10,000 | A tree fell and damaged the fire station. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | $10,000 | Several trees were knocked down in Marked Tree. |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Marked Tree | $10,000 | Some roads had as much as 3 feet of water on them. Flood waters approached an apartment complex. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Marked Tree | $7,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | $5,000 | Several trees down in the Marked Tree area. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | $5,000 | Part of the roof was blown off at the Marked Tree Armory. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down across Highway 308. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | $5,000 | Several trees were knocked down in the eastern part of Poinsett county. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | $1,000 | Minor siding damage and several tree limbs down in Marked Tree. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Marked Tree | $100 | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Marked Tree | $100 | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Marked Tree | $100 | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Marked Tree | $10 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Marked Tree | - | Quarter-size hail fell on I-555 between Payneway and Marked Tree. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Marked Tree | - | Quarter-sized hail was observed in Marked Tree. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | - | Straight line winds knocked down several trees in the Marked Tree area. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | - | A trained spotter measured a 71 mph gust in Marked Tree. Two high profile vehicles were overturned on Highway 63 near Marked Tree. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | - | Straight line winds knocked a few trees down in Marked Tree. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | - | Straight line winds knocked down a tree and a couple of power lines near the intersection of Railroad Street and Frisco Street. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marked Tree | - | Straight line winds knocked down light poles across the city of Marked Tree. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Marked Tree | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Marked Tree | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Marked Tree | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Marked Tree | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Marked Tree | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Marked Tree | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Marked Tree | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marked Tree Commercial Historic District | 3.6 miles | 2009 | |
 | Judd Hill Cotton Gin | 5.1 miles | 2005 |
| Highway A-7, Bridges Historic District | 5.2 miles | 2009 | |
| Willie Lamb Post No. 26 American Legion Hut | 5.8 miles | 2003 | |
 | Lepanto Commercial Historic District | 6.0 miles | 2009 |
| Highway A-7, Tyronza Segment | 6.2 miles | 2009 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88000431 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Poinsett County | All 23 listed properties in this county. |
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