Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
“Prospect Methodist Church was designed by John Pickering in a Greek Revival style and was built in 1886. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.”
Wikipedia article Mount Prospect Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Columbia County · listed in 1990 · 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 140 fires within 5 miles of Mt. Prospect Methodist Church between 1997 and 2020, burning about 857 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 48 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 | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mt. Prospect Methodist Church: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Old Alexander House | 4.9 miles | 1979 |
| Magnesia Springs Campground | 6.3 miles | 2024 | |
| McNeil Overpass | 7.4 miles | 2021 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90000428 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Columbia County | All 24 listed properties in this county. |
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