Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
“The Blunt House Livestock Barn is a historic barn in rural White County, Arkansas. It is located on the north side of County Road 94, west of the hamlet of Midway.”
Wikipedia article Blunt House Livestock Barn, 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 102 fires within 5 miles of Blunt House Livestock Barn between 1997 and 2019, burning about 2,198 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 40 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 | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 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 |
| 28 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | JAC3570999 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Blunt House Livestock Barn: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 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 Midway, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down along U.S. Highway 167. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Midway | - | A trained spotter reported flooding on Highway 87 near Denmark. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Midway | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ransom, Edward, Farmstead, Livestock and Equipment Barn | 1.6 miles | 1992 | |
| John Thrasher Homestead | 1.7 miles | 1992 | |
 | Morris House | 2.3 miles | 1978 |
| Brady Hays Homestead | 4.2 miles | 1991 | |
| Joe Brown House and Farmstead | 5.6 miles | 1991 | |
 | William Henry Watson Homestead | 5.8 miles | 1992 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001363 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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