Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
“The Emmett McDonald House is a historic house in rural White County, Arkansas. It is located southeast of McRae, east of the junction of South Grand Avenue and Gammill Road.”
Wikipedia article Emmett McDonald 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 50 fires within 5 miles of Emmett McDonald House between 1998 and 2020, burning about 916 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Smoking | 13 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | WHI17938919 |
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 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 |
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names McRae, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1994 and 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Childers Farmstead | 1.1 miles | 1992 |
 | Caldwell House | 1.4 miles | 1991 |
 | McRae Jail | 1.5 miles | 1992 |
 | Booth-Weir House | 1.8 miles | 1991 |
 | Thomas Jefferson Hale General Merchandise Store | 3.8 miles | 1992 |
 | William Thomas Abington House | 4.1 miles | 1992 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001368 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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