Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
“The Sam Marshall House is a historic house in rural Searcy County, Arkansas. It is located southeast of Morning Star, on the west side of County Road 163.”
Wikipedia article Sam Marshall House, 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 98 fires within 5 miles of Sam Marshall House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,465 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 46 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 | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 June 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Buffalo National River | SPRING CREEK CG FIRE |
| 8 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Buffalo National River | TOO GREEN |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sam Marshall House: 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Churchill | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Jackpot | Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Mays & Redwine | Zinc | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morning Star, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2008: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morning Star | - | A tree was blown down. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morning Star | - | Trees downed. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morning Star | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morning Star | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree. |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morning Star | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Morning Star | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morning Star | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Morning Star | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morning Star | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Morning Star | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Lynch House | 2.5 miles | 1993 | |
| Brush Creek Bridge | 4.5 miles | 2025 | |
 | Mary Greenhaw Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South | 4.8 miles | 2012 |
| W. F. Reeves House | 4.8 miles | 1993 | |
 | Sanders-Hollabaugh House | 4.8 miles | 1993 |
 | Old Searcy County Jail | 4.8 miles | 2010 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 93000980 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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