Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
“Building is a historic school building on City Park Drive in Portia, Arkansas. It is a single-story sandstone structure with a gable roof.”
Wikipedia article Home Economics-F.F.A. Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 31 National Register listings published here for Lawrence 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 30 fires within 5 miles of Home Economics-F. F. A. Building between 2001 and 2020, burning about 852 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 180 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Home Economics-F. F. A. Building: 15 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Limestone, Dimension, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toles Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Verkler Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Campbell Zinc Co's Shafts 2 & 3 | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| D F Jones | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Portia, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portia | $50,000 | Multiple reports of trees downed across Lawrence County. A couple of barns sustained roof damage. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portia | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down. |
| March 1998 | Hail | Portia | $10 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portia | - | Power lines were downed in Portia. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Portia | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding along Highway 63 between Portia and Ravenden. Three feet of water covered the road in spots. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Portia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Portia School | under 500 feet | 1978 |
| US 63 Black River Bridge | 1.5 miles | 2000 | |
| Telephone Exchange Building | 2.6 miles | 1989 | |
| Ficklin-Imboden House | 2.6 miles | 1989 | |
 | Powhatan Jail | 2.7 miles | 1989 |
 | Powhatan Methodist Church | 2.8 miles | 1977 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90000901 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lawrence County | All 31 listed properties in this county. |
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