Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
“The Prince House is a historic house in rural northern White County, Arkansas. It is located on the west side of County Road 68, about 0.25 miles (0.40 km) south of County Road 350, roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Velvet Ridge.”
Wikipedia article Prince House, 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 111 fires within 5 miles of Prince House between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,039 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 35 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 | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | JAC3467719 |
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 96 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | JAC3740703 |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | WHI17782797 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Prince House: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 Velvet Ridge, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2013: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1997 | Tornado (F2) | Velvet Ridge | 14 hurt, $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Velvet Ridge | $50,000 | A house had part of its metal roof and its porch blown off. There was damage to a carport and lean-to. Tin was blown off the roof of an old barn. A shop building was damaged. Several large trees were blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Velvet Ridge | $50,000 | House roofs were damaged, a carport was thrown against a house, and trees were blown down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Velvet Ridge | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Velvet Ridge | $25,000 | Trees were down and several carports were damaged. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Velvet Ridge | $10,000 | A tree fell on a trailer. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Velvet Ridge | $10,000 | A shed was badly damaged, and a power pole and large limbs were blown down. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Velvet Ridge | $5,000 | A number of large trees were blown down. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Velvet Ridge | $5,000 | A number of large trees were blown down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Velvet Ridge | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Velvet Ridge | - | A weak tornado touched down over northern White County about 1 mile north of Velvet Ridge near Highway 167. Several homes suffered roof damage, mostly due to shingles being blown off or pieces of metal roofing being removed. A number of large trees were also blown down. The tornado continued to track to the northeast into Jackson County. |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Velvet Ridge | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Velvet Ridge | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Velvet Ridge | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Velvet Ridge | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Velvet Ridge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | William Henry Watson Homestead | 0.5 miles | 1992 |
| Brady Hays Homestead | 2.2 miles | 1991 | |
 | Morris House | 3.5 miles | 1978 |
 | Fredonia Cemetery Historic Section | 4.0 miles | 2007 |
| J. C. Rhew Co. Packing Shed | 4.0 miles | 1992 | |
| Thompson House | 4.1 miles | 1992 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001307 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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