Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
“The Rock Building is a historic building in rural White County, Arkansas. It is located on the west side of Bartell Road, north of Judsonia and west of Arkansas Highway 13.”
Wikipedia article Rock Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 203 National Register listings published here for White County · listed in 1992 · 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 69 fires within 5 miles of Rock Building between 1997 and 2020, burning about 840 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | WHI17887418 |
| 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 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Rock Building: 19 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aydelott Mine | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Midwest | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Malvern | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plainview, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2011: 2 hail, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2009 | Flood | Plainview | $100,000 | The Little Red River at Judsonia went above flood stage Christmas Eve morning, and then went below flood stage the afternoon of Christmas Day. During that time, area residents along River Bend Drive in Searcy watched as large portions of their back yards were washed into the river due to the high water. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | $7,000 | Several large trees were blown down around Plainview. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Plainview | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Plainview | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmett Miller House | 0.9 miles | 1992 | |
 | Gray, Louis, Homestead, Barn | 1.2 miles | 1992 |
 | Capt. Larned House | 1.5 miles | 1992 |
 | Tobe Hoofman Farmstead | 1.6 miles | 1992 |
 | Hoofman Farmstead Barn | 1.7 miles | 1992 |
 | Grand Army of the Republic Memorial | 2.2 miles | 1996 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001195 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. |
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