Arnold Farmstead

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

From the record

“The Arnold Farmstead was a historic farmstead near McRae and Maple Streets in Searcy, Arkansas. The farmstead included a Craftsman-style main house and a collection of outbuildings consisting of a chicken coop, privy, well house, and fruit cellar.”
Wikipedia article Arnold Farmstead, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 203 National Register listings published here for White County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Listing status. The Park Service records this property as Removed.
What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 5 structuress, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. Off Maple St. S of Deener Cr., Searcy, 72143
When was it listed? September 1991
Category. building
Also known as. White County MPS
Township. Gray township
National Register reference number. 91001187 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

55 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Arnold Farmstead between 1997 and 2020, burning about 635 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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	27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Arson/incendiarism	6
Smoking	2
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
6 September 2012	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 1999	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 2012	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in White County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Arnold Farmstead: 9 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Aydelott Mine	Manganese	Unknown
Searcy Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unk	Clay	Past Producer
Unk	Stone	Past Producer
Unk	Stone	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk Gravel Pits 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk Quarries 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in White County

Storms near this property

60 of 116 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Searcy, the town this property stands in, in 116 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 55 thunderstorm wind, 32 hail, 20 flash flood, 4 flood. 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
August 2002	Lightning	Searcy	1 hurt	no account filed
April 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	$50,000	Many trees were blown down, with some of the trees landing on houses.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	$50,000	Falling trees resulted in power outages around Searcy, Garner, Higginson, Kensett, Judsonia, and Bald Knob.
January 2007	Flash Flood	Searcy	$15,000	High water covered several roads throughout the county. Many of them were closed for a period of time, as well as a number of low water crossings.
March 2021	Lightning	Searcy	$10,000	We received a report of a lightning strike to a clinic on Beebe Capps. There was damage reported to electronic equipment inside the clinic and power was knocked out as well.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	$10,000	A large tree fell on a house and a roof was partially taken off of an apartment complex.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down a canopy at a gas station in Searcy.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	$5,000	Trees were blown down on Arkansas 16 in Searcy.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	$5,000	Several trees were blown down.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	$5,000	Large limbs were blown down on the campus of Harding University.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	$5,000	A few trees were snapped off near Harding University.
May 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	$5,000	Several power lines were taken down by thunderstorm winds.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	$5,000	Some power lines were blown down.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	$5,000	Few trees were blown down.
November 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines.
August 2007	Lightning	Searcy	$2,500	Lightning struck Searcy's water treatment plant, damaging the plant's control panel.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	$500	A few trees were blown down.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	$250	Two large trees were blown down just west of Searcy. Winds were estimated to be around 50 mph.
April 2010	Flash Flood	Searcy	$100	Race Street was flooded in Searcy.
April 2010	Flash Flood	Searcy	$100	Race Street was flooded in Searcy.
April 2025	Flood	Searcy	-	Several roads flooded in and around the town of Searcy.
January 2024	Hail	Searcy	-	Ping pong ball sized hail fell in Searcy, AR.
April 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	-	Several large trees, powerlines, and fences were blown down in the town of Searcy.
February 2023	Flash Flood	Searcy	-	Water completely covered several sections of the Beebe Capps Expressway in Searcy.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	-	Several tree limbs blown down around Searcy.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	-	Wind gusts estimated by the public of 60 mph in the city of Searcy.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	-	Numerous trees and powerlines fell across the county.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	-	Large branches and a tree were down on Susan Drive.
April 2022	Hail	Searcy	-	This was an mPING report.
May 2019	Flash Flood	Searcy	-	Numerous reports were received of flash flooding of roads in Searcy and Judsonia.
February 2018	Flash Flood	Searcy	-	Multiple roads were flooded throughout White County, some with water damage.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	-	A line of thunderstorms took several powerlines down in Searcy.
June 2017	Flash Flood	Searcy	-	Several roads around the city are impassasble due to high water.
March 2016	Flash Flood	Searcy	-	Significant flooding was reported. Numerous streets were closed and creek levels were higher than they have been in several years.
May 2015	Flash Flood	Searcy	-	Numerous roads were under water and closed due to very heavy rainfall. In one hour, 1.85 inches fell across the city.
March 2015	Flood	Searcy	-	Street flooding was observed in Searcy.
November 2015	Flood	Searcy	-	The Little Red River at Judsonia rose above flood stage during the early evening hours of the 28th, falling back below flood stage during the afternoon hours of the 29th.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	-	The fire department estimated winds at 60 mph.
August 2012	Heavy Rain	Searcy	-	Rainfall measured 4.34 inches from 6 AM on the 31st to 6 AM on the 1st.
May 2010	Hail	Searcy	-	Hail ranging from pea to penny size fell in Searcy.
May 2009	Hail	Searcy	-	Penny size hail was reported on Booth Road.
December 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	-	Limbs were down on roads across the city.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	-	Trees were blown down near Berryhill Park.
September 2007	Flash Flood	Searcy	-	Street flooding was reported in Searcy, with Panther Creek and other creeks reaching bankfull.
January 2007	Flash Flood	Searcy	-	South 18th Street and South 13th Street in Judsonia were closed due to high water.
May 2007	Flash Flood	Searcy	-	Parts of the road were flooded at Crosby and Foster Chapel roads.
April 2006	Flash Flood	Searcy	-	Heavy rains produced flash flooding at Searcy. Numerous roads throughout the city were flooded and impassible for several hours before the high water receded.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	-	Several large trees were blown down. Several structures, including a barn and some outbuildings, sustained structural damage.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	-	Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a business in Searcy.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	-	Several trees blown down.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	-	Damaging winds from a severe thunderstorm blew down several street signs at Searcy.
November 2005	Flash Flood	Searcy	-	Heavy rains produced flash flooding in Searcy. Several city streets were impassible due to high water for about an hour.
November 2004	Flash Flood	Searcy	-	Heavy rains caused flash flooding to occur in the Searcy area. High water entered several buildings on the campus of a local university.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked down two large trees.
May 2003	Flash Flood	Searcy	-	Some street flooding was reported in Searcy.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	-	Trees down.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
August 2002	Flash Flood	Searcy	-	Heavy rains caused flash flooding to occur in Searcy. Several roads were covered by high water for a period of time.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Searcy	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and damaged the roofs of a few buildings in Searcy.

Every storm recorded in White County

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 miles

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Bloom House	0.2 miles	1991
White County Courthouse	0.3 miles	1977
Coward House	0.3 miles	1992
Kerr-Booth House	0.4 miles	2006
Wood Freeman House No. 2	0.4 miles	1991
Ida Hicks House	0.4 miles	1991

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 91001187 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
White County	All 203 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.