Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
“The Rector Log Barn is a historic barn in rural Izard County, Arkansas. It is located on the Rector Plantation, at the end of County Road 218, northwest of Melbourne.”
Wikipedia article Rector Log Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 18 National Register listings published here for Izard County · listed in 1993 · 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 187 fires within 5 miles of Rector Log Barn between 1997 and 2020, burning about 4,381 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 52 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 | 74 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Melbourne, the town this property stands in, in 52 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 31 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 1996 | Tornado (F3) | Melbourne | 2 hurt, $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off the drive-thru at a bank and several metal buildings were damaged. A high school gymnasium roof also sustained damage. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | $125,000 | Part of the roof of a house was torn off, allowing water to run inside and ruin many of the furnishings in the house. The roof was also taken off of a pole barn. |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines. |
| August 2011 | Lightning | Melbourne | $25,000 | Lightning struck a tree in Melbourne, causing it to catch fire. After the fire was extinguished, it was discovered that there was also a leak in a 1.5 inch natural gas line. The gas company responded to repair the leak. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | $5,000 | Two trees and a power line were blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| February 2023 | Flash Flood | Melbourne | - | Multiple roads were underwater and impassable across Izard County. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | Trees were reported down. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Melbourne | - | Received a social media video of quarter size hail in Melbourne. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | A tree was blown down on a house and caused significant structural damage. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | Trees were down on Pine St. in Melbourne. Trees knocked down power lines. |
| October 2009 | Heavy Rain | Melbourne | - | In Melbourne, it was the wettest October ever recorded. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | Large limbs were down on Arkansas Highway 9. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | The Local Coordinator reported there were trees and power lines down. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | Trees and power lines were blown down, with a roof removed from a trailer. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | Large tree limbs were downed and shingles were removed from several roofs about 4 miles southwest of Melbourne. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | Several large trees blown down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | Power lines and large tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | Trees and power lines were blown down in Horseshoe Bend. Some of the trees fell on houses but caused little if any damage. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines, blew the porch off the front of a house and knocked down some road signs. Several homes also had shingles torn off their roofs. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs. |
| September 1993 | Hail | Melbourne | - | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off the drive-thru at a bank and several metal buildings were damaged. A high school gymnasium roof also sustained damage. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Melbourne | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Melbourne | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Izard County Courthouse | 2.9 miles | 1993 |
 | Arnold Springs Farmstead | 3.2 miles | 2010 |
 | Jumbo Church of Christ | 3.3 miles | 1999 |
 | Pine Ridge School Building | 3.7 miles | 1994 |
 | Philadelphia Methodist Church | 4.0 miles | 1976 |
 | Caney Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church | 6.9 miles | 1995 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 93000488 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Izard County | All 18 listed properties in this county. |
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