Stipe Cotton Gin

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

From the record

“The Stipe Cotton Gin is a historic cotton gin at Florida and Cypress Streets in Beebe, Arkansas. It is a two-story steel-framed structure, clad in corrugated metal, that houses the steam compressor and other equipment for processing and baling cotton.”
Wikipedia article Stipe Cotton Gin, 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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 structuress, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. Jct. of Florida and Cypress Sts., Beebe, 72012
When was it listed? July 1992
Category. building
Also known as. White County MPS
Township. Union township
National Register reference number. 91001248 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

48 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Stipe Cotton Gin between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,212 acres in total. None 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	20
Arson/incendiarism	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Equipment and vehicle use	3
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
30 September 2014	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	WHI17938919
23 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1997	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 1998	Smoking	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 August 2000	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
25 August 2010	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in White County

Storms near this property

60 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beebe, the town this property stands in, in 60 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 27 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 6 tornado, 6 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths and 29 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
January 1999	Tornado (F3)	Beebe	2 killed, 29 hurt	no account filed
December 2009	Flood	Beebe	$400,000	Flooding caused water to enter 22 homes in the Windwood Addition. Evacuations were necessary. Nearby, a railroad trestle was washed out on the mainline between Little Rock and St. Louis.
April 2010	Tornado (EF1)	Beebe	$375,000	This tornado exited Lonoke County north-northeast of Jacksons Store and entered White County southeast of Beebe. A Red Cross survey indicated the following damage in White County: two houses and one mobile home were destroyed, two houses had major damage, one house and two mobile homes had minor damage, and two other houses were affected. Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	$100,000	Several metal buildings were damaged.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	$50,000	Trees and power lines were blown down, and there was also some structural damage.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	$50,000	Trees and power lines were down. One tree fell through a mobile home.
September 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	$50,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down several large trees.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	$20,000	Trees and large limbs were down.
April 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	$10,000	Trees were blown down in the Beebe area.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed some trees along Highway 64 near Beebe.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. 1 W Beebe,09,1000CST,,,0,0,4,0,Thunderstorm Winds Several large trees were knocked down. Some roofs were damaged by fallen trees.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	$5,000	Some trees were blown down.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	$3,000	A couple of power poles were snapped.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	$1,000	The public reported a carport was damaged from wind after severe thunderstorms produced strong winds in Beebe.
April 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	-	Several trees blown down on houses, powerlines blown over, and billboards damaged in the town of Beebe.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	-	Multiple oak trees were snapped near the trunk in the town of Beebe.
August 2024	Hail	Beebe	-	Nickel sized hail fell in the community of Beebe.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	-	A tree was blown down blocking one lane of Highway 367.
June 2017	Flash Flood	Beebe	-	Water was cover Campground Road just east of Beebe.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	-	A few small trees were down with numerous branches down as well.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	-	Trees and powerlines were blown down in Beebe.
November 2015	Flash Flood	Beebe	-	U.S. Hwy 67 was closed in both directions near exit 28 due to flooding.
January 2007	Flash Flood	Beebe	-	Water covered Highway 13 east of Beebe.
September 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	-	Thunderstorm winds downed trees, and tore metal roofs off of a barn and a home.
November 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	-	Power lines knocked down.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and tore shingles off several buildings and homes.
December 2001	Tornado (F0)	Beebe	-	The storm that produced a weak tornado in northwest Lonoke County spawned another weak tornado in White County. The tornado (F0) touched down about 3 miles north of Beebe and tracked northeast. The tornado had difficulty reaching the ground and skipped at times. Damage mostly consisted of tree tops, power lines and power poles...with some power outages occurring. The tornado moved 6 miles before dissipating around 2 miles north of Garner.
February 2001	Tornado (F2)	Beebe	-	A strong tornado moved from northern Lonoke County into southern White County about 2.5 miles south-southwest of Beebe. The tornado was only on the ground about half a mile before dissipating 2 miles south-southwest of Beebe. The tornado caused mostly tree damage.
February 2001	Tornado (F1)	Beebe	-	A weak tornado was spawned in southern White County about 2 miles south of Beebe. The tornado moved quickly northeast, and badly damaged several mobile homes. Roofs were also damaged at a couple of homes, with trees downed. The tornado travelled about 7 miles before dissipating about 1.5 miles east of McRae.
April 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	-	Several trees were knocked down.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees.
May 2010	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed
April 2009	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed
April 2008	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed
March 2008	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed
April 2004	Flash Flood	Beebe	-	no account filed
July 2004	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed
March 2003	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed
May 2003	Flash Flood	Beebe	-	no account filed
March 2001	Flash Flood	Beebe	-	no account filed
June 2001	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed
November 2000	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	-	no account filed
February 1999	Tornado (F1)	Beebe	-	no account filed
April 1999	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	-	no account filed
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	-	no account filed
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	-	no account filed
February 1998	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed
March 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	-	no account filed
March 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Beebe	-	no account filed
May 1995	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed
July 1995	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed
June 1994	Hail	Beebe	-	no account filed

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
Beebe Railroad Station	0.2 miles	1979
Cross House	0.2 miles	1992
Beebe Theater	0.2 miles	1991
Staggs-Huffaker Building	0.2 miles	1991
Powell Clothing Store	0.3 miles	1991
Beebe Jail	0.3 miles	1991

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 91001248 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.
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.