Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
“The Gates-Helm Farm is a historic early homestead property in rural Searcy County, Arkansas. It is located on both sides of County Road 13, north of Snowball.”
Wikipedia article Gates-Helm Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 52 National Register listings published here for Searcy 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 189 fires within 5 miles of Gates-Helm Farm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,236 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 102 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 102 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Smoking | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2001 | Natural | 4.2 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | AUGUST |
| 2 August 2012 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Buffalo National River | MCCUTCHEON GAP SOUTH |
| 24 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Buffalo National River | HANGOVER BLUFF |
| 13 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Buffalo National River | WOOLUMPILE |
| 9 June 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 97 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snowball, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2011: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snowball | - | Trees were down at Arkansas Highway 377 and Zack Ridge Road. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Snowball | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Snowball | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Snowball | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Snowball | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Gymnasium | 1.1 miles | 2020 | |
 | Willmering Tourist Cabins Historic District | 5.9 miles | 2000 |
 | St. Joe Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad Depot | 7.7 miles | 1993 |
 | Henley Hotel | 7.9 miles | 2011 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 93000817 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Searcy County | All 52 listed properties in this county. |
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