Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
“The Big Flat School Gymnasium is a historic school building in Big Flat, Arkansas. It is a single-story stone masonry structure with a gable roof.”
Wikipedia article Big Flat School Gymnasium, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 25 National Register listings published here for Baxter 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 181 fires within 5 miles of Big Flat School Gymnasium between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,224 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 136 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 | 136 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TRASH |
| 30 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | SPRING |
| 15 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | FARRIS |
| 13 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Big Flat School Gymnasium: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Sword Property | Manganese | Prospect |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Big Flat, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 3 hail, 2 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Flat | $10,000 | A picture was shown on social media of a tree blown over onto a truck in Big Flat. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Flat | - | Thunderstorm winds downed or snapped numerous trees, with one tree on a mobile home. A window was also blown out. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Big Flat | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Big Flat | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Big Flat | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domino Shed | 0.2 miles | 2025 | |
| Uncle Willie Huffines Park | 1.7 miles | 2025 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 93001255 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Baxter County | All 25 listed properties in this county. |
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