Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
“Packing Shed was a strawberry packing house in rural northern White County, Arkansas. It was located on the south side of Graham Road near its junction with Fuller Road, northeast of Providence.”
Wikipedia article J.C. Rhew Co. Packing Shed, 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 92 fires within 5 miles of J. C. Rhew Co. Packing Shed between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,660 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| 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 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 96 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 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 |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | WHI17887418 |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | WHI17782797 |
| 15 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of J. C. Rhew Co. Packing Shed: 6 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 Providence, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2009: 2 hail, 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2009 | Flood | Providence | - | Heavy rainfall at the end of October allowed the Little Red River at Judsonia to remain above flood stage into the early morning of November 1st. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Providence | - | Heavy rainfall at the end of the month pushed the Little Red River at Judsonia above flood stage. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Providence | - | Arkansas Highway 157 near Arkansas Highway 258 was flooded. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Providence | - | Some large tree limbs were snapped off several trees. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Providence | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Providence | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson House | 1.3 miles | 1992 | |
 | Fredonia Cemetery Historic Section | 1.5 miles | 2007 |
| Holly Grove School | 2.1 miles | 1992 | |
| Chandler House | 2.1 miles | 1992 | |
| Stanley Simpson Farmstead Picking Shed | 2.8 miles | 1991 | |
| Morris Hartsell Farmstead | 3.0 miles | 1991 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001343 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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