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One of 34 National Register listings published here for Carroll County · listed in 1992 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Leatherwood Dam
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. N. End of Lake Leatherwood, Eureka Springs, 72632
- When was it listed? August 1992
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Facilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas MPS
- Township. Western township
- National Register reference number. 90001943 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
57 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Leatherwood Dam between 1994 and 2020, burning about 498 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Leatherwood Dam: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eureka Springs, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 1995: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. The reports record 10 injuries. 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 1995 | Hail | Eureka Springs | 10 hurt | Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the evening of May 24th. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Bloomer, and hail ranging from nickel to golf ball-size fell at Eureka Springs. The hail injured approximately ten persons attending an outdoor passion play in Eureka Springs. Dime-size hail fell two miles southeast of Fort Smith, at Jenny Lind, and at Strickler. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka Springs | $500 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka Springs | - | Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the evening of April 19th. Thunderstorm winds estimated at 100 miles an hour destroyed 1 mobile home and 2 poultry barns 1.5 miles northwest of Gentry, and mobile homes were damaged and trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds 4 miles west of Gentry. Numerous trees were blown down in Gentry by 65 mile an hour winds, and several houses in Gentry received major roof damage. Strong thunderstorm winds blew a tree down onto a house in Pea Ridge, and blew down a power line 6 miles north of Eureka Springs. Dime size hail fell at several locations in northwest Arkansas, and 1 man was injured in Centerton when he was struck by lightning. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Eureka Springs | - | Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the evening of May 24th. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Bloomer, and hail ranging from nickel to golf ball-size fell at Eureka Springs. The hail injured approximately ten persons attending an outdoor passion play in Eureka Springs. Dime-size hail fell two miles southeast of Fort Smith, at Jenny Lind, and at Strickler. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Eureka Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Eureka Springs | - | Some trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka Springs | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka Springs | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka Springs | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
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.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lake Leatherwood Recreational Facilities | 0.9 miles | 1992 |
 | Lake Leatherwood Park Historic District | 0.9 miles | 1998 |
 | Mulladay Hollow Bridge | 1.1 miles | 1990 |
 | Beaver Bridge | 2.0 miles | 1990 |
| Beaver Bridge | 2.1 miles | 1990 |
 | Thorncrown Chapel | 2.2 miles | 2000 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90001943 in Record Group 79. |
| Carroll County | All 34 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.