Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
“The El Paso Bank is a historic commercial building on White County Road 3, east of Arkansas Highway 5 in El Paso, Arkansas. It is a vernacular single-story brick structure, with a front-facing gable roof.”
Wikipedia article El Paso Bank, 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 48 fires within 5 miles of El Paso Bank between 1997 and 2020, burning about 815 acres in total. 2 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Natural | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2010 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of El Paso Bank: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names El Paso, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 13 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 8 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death and 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Tornado (EF2) | El Paso | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $450,000 | This tornado exited Faulkner County 4.6 miles southeast of Naylor and entered White County 2.2 miles west-northwest of El Paso. The tornado caused massive timber damage along Jack Williams Rd., then caused damage to residences on Arkansas 5 and El Paso Rd. In White County, two houses and a mobile home were destroyed, another house had major damage, two had minor damage, and one was affected. A 55-year-old woman was killed in a mobile home on El Paso Rd. and one other person was injured. |
| March 1997 | Tornado (F3) | El Paso | 5 hurt, $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F3) | El Paso | 5 hurt | A strong tornado moved from Lonoke County into White County about 4 miles southeast of El Paso. The tornado moved across Highway 64 where several homes and businesses were destroyed with a number of other buildings suffering significant damage. Two tractor-trailers traveling along Highway 64 were hit by the tornado and overturned. The drivers of both vehicles suffered minor injuries. As the tornado continued moving to the northeast, numerous other homes and other buildings were either damaged or destroyed. A number of vehicles were also damaged or destroyed. Widespread trees and power poles were blown down along the track of the tornado. Some of the downed trees were 3 to 4 feet in diameter. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | El Paso | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and damaged a house and a barn. |
| February 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | El Paso | $40,000 | The tornado moved from Faulkner County, east of Vilonia, into White County, southwest of El Paso. Trees and power lines were blown down, and a mobile home was destroyed. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | El Paso | $15,000 | A roof from a home in El Paso was blown off. Power lines were blown down along Highway 16 north of Searcy. Several trees were blown down across the county. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | El Paso | $15,000 | Power lines were down across U.S. Highway 64 at El Paso. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | El Paso | $10,000 | A roof on a house was damaged in El Paso. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | El Paso | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | El Paso | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines. |
| April 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | El Paso | $2,000 | A brief tornado occurred along Bears Den Lane southeast of El Paso, AR, uprooting or snapping trees and damaging an outbuilding. |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | El Paso | - | This tornado continued out of Lonoke County into White County. The tornado would cross Archer Road, Blakely Lane, and Gillham Road before dissipating near the community of Opal near Highway 64. The tornado removed most of the roofing material off of a couple outbuildings along its path in White County. Within White County, the tornado was rated an EF-1 with maximum estimated winds of 90 mph. The total length of the tornado was 14.1 miles and was rated an EF-1 with maximum winds of 105 mph. |
| August 2024 | Hail | El Paso | - | Half dollar sized hail fell near the community of El Paso. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | El Paso | - | Several tree limbs were blown down near the town of El Paso. |
| June 2023 | Hail | El Paso | - | Quarter sized hail fell near El Paso via mPING. |
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | El Paso | - | Ridge Rd. in El Paso was closed due to high water. |
| February 2018 | Flood | El Paso | - | Water was over Sandy Ford Road off of El Pas Road. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | El Paso | - | A power line was blown down. Additionally, some large limbs were blown down. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | El Paso | - | A roof was blown off of a horse barn, a chimney was damaged on a nearby home, and some trees were damaged. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | El Paso | - | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a barn. |
| August 1993 | Hail | El Paso | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines. |
| May 2020 | Hail | El Paso | - | no account filed |
| December 2012 | Hail | El Paso | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | El Paso | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | El Paso | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | El Paso | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | El Paso | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | El Paso | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F2) | El Paso | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F1) | El Paso | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | El Paso | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | El Paso | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | El Paso | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | El Paso | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | El Paso | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Funnel Cloud | El Paso | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Doyle House No. 2 | 0.2 miles | 1991 | |
| Roy Harper House | 5.2 miles | 1992 | |
| Scott-Davis House | 7.4 miles | 1992 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001303 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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