Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
“Smith House was a historic house on Arkansas Highway 385 in Griffithville, Arkansas. It was a two-story wood-frame structure, with a T-shaped gable-roofed structure, weatherboard siding, and a foundation of brick piers.”
Wikipedia article A.J. Smith House, 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
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of A. J. Smith House between 1998 and 2020, burning about 343 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | WHI17454828 |
| 9 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 58 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 June 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 May 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Griffithville, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Griffithville | $40,000 | A trailer flipped over. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Griffithville | $30,000 | A large tree fell on an old house. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Griffithville | $30,000 | Trees were down, and one of the trees fell on a mobile home. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Griffithville | $15,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Griffithville | $15,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Griffithville | $15,000 | Power poles were blown down. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Griffithville | $10,000 | Arkansas 11 was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Griffithville | $5,000 | A tin roof was torn off an old barn. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Griffithville | - | A power pole was snapped. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Griffithville | - | A power line was knocked down. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Griffithville | - | A tree was blown down on the ground. |
| August 2012 | Heavy Rain | Griffithville | - | Rainfall measured 5.50 inches in 24 hours. |
| May 2006 | Flash Flood | Griffithville | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Griffithville | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Griffithville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | J. A. Neaville House | 0.2 miles | 1992 |
| Griffithville School | 0.4 miles | 1992 | |
 | Otha Walker Homestead | 5.9 miles | 1992 |
 | Thomas Jefferson Hale General Merchandise Store | 6.5 miles | 1992 |
 | Mary Alice Hammond House | 6.9 miles | 1992 |
 | Robertson House | 7.4 miles | 1991 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001223 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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