Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
“Crystal River Tourist Camp is a motor inn built in 1932 in Cave City, Arkansas. It is the oldest operating motor court in the state.”
Wikipedia article Crystal River Tourist Camp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 28 National Register listings published here for Sharp County · listed in 1991 · 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 125 fires within 5 miles of Crystal River Tourist Camp between 1998 and 2020, burning about 2,023 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 37 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 | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Crystal River Tourist Camp: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Valley | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Ball Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| E.W.Roach Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Jackson Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| K D Aldridge Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Matlock Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Maxfield Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Story Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cave City, the town this property stands in, in 41 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 17 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1999 | Tornado (F2) | Cave City | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cave City | $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off two buildings and knocked down some trees and power lines. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cave City | $75,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down, with one of the trees falling on a pickup truck. Shingles were blown off roofs. Signs at businesses were destroyed. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cave City | $15,000 | A house was damaged and power lines were blown down. |
| March 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Cave City | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Cave City | $2,000 | Water covered U.S. Highway 167 and some city streets in Cave City. |
| August 2009 | Lightning | Cave City | $1,500 | Lightning killed one cow and two steers on a farm. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Cave City | - | Blackstone Drive in Cave City had water rushing over it. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cave City | - | Multiple power poles were blown down in Cave City. |
| April 2022 | Flash Flood | Cave City | - | Flooding was reported in the high school, along with portions of U.S. Hwy. 167. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cave City | - | Several trees were blown down in Cave City. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Cave City | - | A COOP observer reported quarter size hail in Cave City. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cave City | - | Several trees were downed. |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Cave City | - | Water was running over numerous city and county roads. |
| June 2013 | Heavy Rain | Cave City | - | One-half inch of rain fell in 10 minutes. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Cave City | - | Hail up to the size of quarters fell. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cave City | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cave City | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked the tops out of trees. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Cave City | - | A weak tornado was spawned in southern Sharp County , or from 3 to miles 4 miles east of Cave City close to Highway 230. One house sustained significant roof damage, with minor roof damage to three other houses. Two small farm sheds were destroyed, and a chicken house suffered some foundation damage and lost some of its tin roof. Several trees were also blown down. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cave City | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cave City | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Hail | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| January 2000 | Flash Flood | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cave City | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Cave City | - | 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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91000620 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Sharp County | All 28 listed properties in this county. |
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