Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
“Spring Lake Recreation Area is located in the Magazine Ranger District of the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest in Yell County north of Danville, Arkansas.”
Wikipedia article Spring Lake Recreation Area, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 33 National Register listings published here for Yell County · listed in 1995 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Spring Lake Recreation Area Historic District between 1992 and 2019, burning about 383 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 29 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 | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | SULPHER SPRINGS #1 |
| 8 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | SULPHER SPRINGS #2 |
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CEDAR CREEK |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | LABOR LAKE |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Spring Lake Recreation Area Historic District: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 Shale Pits 2 | Clay | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stafford, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2011: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2011 | Flash Flood | Stafford | $150,000 | Parts of Arkansas 27, 28, 80, 307, and 309 were flooded, as were numerous county roads. A National Weather Service storm survey indicated that virtually every creek had overflowed from Dardanelle through Danville to Rover and west to Gravelly. Many low-water crossing were flooded with at least 2 to 4 feet of water, as indicated by debris left in trees, brush, and fences. Young Gravelly Rd., just off Arkansas 28, had 6 to 7 feet of water across it at a low-water crossing. Arkansas 28 had some pavement washed away near Gravelly when the Fourche LaFave River overflowed onto the highway. |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Stafford | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Spring Lake Bridge | 0.6 miles | 1990 |
| Spring Lake Bridge | 0.6 miles | 1990 |
 | Dr. John Grace House and Hospital | 3.8 miles | 2015 |
 | Sulphur Springs Cemetery | 6.0 miles | 2012 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 94001613 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Yell County | All 33 listed properties in this county. |
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