Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
“The Quitman Home Economics Building is a historic school building on 2nd Avenue in Quitman, Arkansas. It is a single story masonry structure, with walls of fieldstone and brick trim around the openings.”
Wikipedia article Quitman Home Economics Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 18 National Register listings published here for Cleburne 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 48 fires within 5 miles of Quitman Home Economics Building between 1999 and 2020, burning about 522 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Smoking | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Smoking | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 29 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quitman, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 14 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2005 | Tornado (F2) | Quitman | 1 hurt | A strong tornado moved from southeastern Van Buren County into southwestern Cleburne County about 2.5 miles west of Quitman. The tornado tracked quickly to the northeast, and removed the roofs of several houses. The tornado also destroyed a mobile home, a camper, a chicken house and a few barns and outbuildings. Several other chicken houses were damaged, as well as some vehicles. Hundreds of trees, power lines and power poles were downed. The tornado dissipated 5.5 miles north-northwest of Pearson. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $125,000 | Eight houses suffered roof damage. Eight sheds, three barns, and two shop buildings were destroyed. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $50,000 | Much of the metal roof was peeled off of a building. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some power lines. |
| February 2008 | Lightning | Quitman | $20,000 | Lightning struck the school campus, causing damage to the school and surveillance system. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Quitman | $10,000 | Several roads were flooded in Quitman. The roads were Cadron Creek Road, Bettis Road, Wesley Road, Tiger B Road and Antioch Road. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $5,000 | A tree and a power line were blown down near Quitman. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Quitman | - | Quarter sized hail was observed on Wesley Chapel Road. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Quitman | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was observed near Quitman. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | A thunderstorm wind gust, estimated to be near 60 mph, took multiple trees down in and around Quitman. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | A 12 inch diameter tree was blown down in Quitman (Cleburne County). |
| June 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Quitman | - | A funnel cloud was photographed near Quitman. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees, with some storage buildings damaged. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees, power lines and damaged the roof of a home at Quitman. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | A large tree was blown down. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Quitman | - | A weak tornado touched down over southwest Cleburne County about 2 miles east-northeast of Quitman. Most of the damage that occurred were a number of trees that were blown down and large limbs snapped off quite a few other trees. Several homes sustained roof damage due to falling trees and shingles torn off. The tornado dissipated about 1.7 miles southwest of Heber Springs. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. Several buildings suffered roof damage. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Quitman | - | An F1 tornado first touched down about 2 miles northeast of Quitman. Along the path of the tornado, a large metal barn was destroyed and another was badly damaged. Several other barns had portions of their tin roofs taken off. There were numerous trees blown down, along with some power lines and a couple of power poles. The worst damage appeared to be along Highway 16 just northwest of Highway 25 in the Pearson community. The tornado lifted one and a half miles east of Pearson. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| December 2003 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| February 1996 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Quitman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | O.D. Gunn Trade and Sale Barn | 0.4 miles | 2016 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92001127 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Cleburne County | All 18 listed properties in this county. |
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