Built in 1938. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
“The Cove Lake Spillway Dam and Bridge are historic structures in Ozark-St. Francis National Forest, north of Corley, Arkansas.”
Wikipedia article Cove Lake Spillway Dam-Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 44 National Register listings published here for Logan County · listed in 1995 · category: Structure · built in 1938.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Cove Lake Spillway Dam-Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 369 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 9.4 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | DELTIC FIRE |
| 4 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BRAMLET CAMP FIRE |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BIG CARTER |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | RED BENCH |
| 12 September 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | JUNK YARD |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cove Lake Spillway Dam-Bridge: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk Quarries 2 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Var Contr | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corley, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Tornado (EF2) | Corley | $500,000 | The tornado touched down east of Cove Lake off of Mt. Salem Road where a barn was destroyed. It continued northeast damaging a mobile home along St. Louis Valley Road. After crossing Arkansas Hwy. 109 just west of Midway, the tornado destroyed a mobile home off of Old Military Rd. As it crossed Hwy. 109 again south of Prairie View, chicken houses were destroyed. Homes lost large sections of their roofs along Parks Rd. southeast of Prairie View, but most of their walls remained. Additional outbuildings and chicken houses were damaged or destroyed east of Scranton. Several trees and power lines were blown down along the path. The tornado lifted just north of the Tokalon community. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Corley | - | Hail fell at Mount Magazine. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corley | - | A tree was down just south of Cove Lake along Arkansas Highway 309. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corley | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Corley | - | Hail up to golfball size damaged several vehicles. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corley | - | Several large limbs were blown down. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Corley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cove Lake Bathhouse | 0.3 miles | 1995 |
 | Cove Creek Tributary Bridge | 0.9 miles | 1995 |
 | Burnett Springs | 1.4 miles | 1995 |
 | Cove Creek Bridge | 2.8 miles | 1995 |
 | Schriver House | 4.9 miles | 1995 |
 | John Gabriel Fort House | 6.2 miles | 1996 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 94001618 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Logan County | All 44 listed properties in this county. |
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