Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
“The Kansas City-Southern Depot is a historic railroad station at Arkansas Highway 59 and West North Street in Decatur, Arkansas. It is a long rectangular single-story structure, built out of concrete blocks.”
Wikipedia article Decatur station (Arkansas), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 162 National Register listings published here for Benton 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 26 fires within 5 miles of Kansas City-Southern Depot-Decatur between 2002 and 2020, burning about 523 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | 22 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | RATTLESNAKE HOLLER |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kansas City-Southern Depot-Decatur: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Gravel Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown - Zn/Pb | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Decatur, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 14 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2006 | Hail | Decatur | $2,500,000 | Large hail up to softball size caused extensive damage to nearly 600 homes and businesses. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decatur | $50,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees onto two homes. |
| October 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Decatur | $50,000 | An F1 tornado touched down in Decatur. The tornado travelled approximately one-half mile before lifting. The tornado destroyed a chicken house and damaged two farm houses. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decatur | $40,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind severely damaged the roof of an auto shop, as well as the roof of a church. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decatur | $25,000 | A tree was blown over onto a home. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Decatur | $20,000 | Half dollar size hail damaged homes and vehicles. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decatur | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged several homes, blew down trees, and destroyed a barn. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Decatur | $20,000 | no account filed |
| January 2020 | Hail | Decatur | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decatur | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew off the roof of an unoccupied mobile home and blew down trees. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decatur | $2,000 | Power lines were blown down. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decatur | $500 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few trees. |
| October 2019 | Flash Flood | Decatur | - | Highway 59 on the south side of Decatur was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decatur | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Decatur | - | Flooding was reported on Highway 102 east of Decatur. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decatur | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decatur | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees onto Highway 59. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decatur | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees. |
| August 1995 | Hail | Decatur | - | A severe thunderstorm produced dime-size hail at Decatur. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| October 2022 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Decatur | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Kansas City Southern Railway Locomotive #73D and Caboose #385 | 0.1 miles | 2006 |
 | Railroad Cottage | 4.6 miles | 2005 |
 | Mitchell-Ward House | 4.6 miles | 2005 |
 | Mitchell House | 4.7 miles | 1988 |
 | Bank of Gentry | 4.8 miles | 1988 |
 | Carpenter Building | 4.8 miles | 2018 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92000606 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Benton County | All 162 listed properties in this county. |
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