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One of 9 National Register listings published here for Calhoun County · listed in 1995 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
State Highway 274 Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
The listing
- Listing status. The Park Service records this property as Removed.
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. AR 274 over Little Cypress Cr., Thornton, 71701
- When was it listed? May 1995
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
- Township. Township 7
- National Register reference number. 95000610 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
182 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of State Highway 274 Bridge between 1997 and 2020, burning about 953 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 49 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 | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of State Highway 274 Bridge: 6 unknowns, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this property
34 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thornton, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 5 flood, 4 flash flood. 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 2011 | Flood | Thornton | $500,000 | Flooding in Calhoun County continued into June. |
| December 2009 | Flood | Thornton | $250,000 | Flash flooding, which developed on the morning of the 24th, became widespread areal flooding later on the 24th and continued into Christmas morning. |
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Thornton | $250,000 | Widespread heavy rain resulted in flash flooding on the 24th. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornton | $250,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down, and there was structural damage to homes. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Thornton | $200,000 | Numerous county roads were damaged by flash flooding. |
| March 2012 | Flood | Thornton | $100,000 | Numerous county roads were flooded, as were sections of Arkansas 274 near Tinsman and Arkansas 203 near Hampton. The county judge declared a disaster due to the flooding. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Thornton | $100,000 | Widespread areal flooding occurred. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornton | $20,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in Thornton. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornton | $10,000 | Numerous trees were down. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornton | $5,000 | Minor roof damage was reported along with trees down along Hwy. 167 south of Thornton. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornton | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto U.S. 167. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Thornton | - | One inch hail was reported in Thornton. The time was estimated from radar. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Thornton | - | Large hail was reported in Thornton. The time was estimated from radar. Corrected. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Thornton | - | Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported south of Thornton on social media. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Thornton | - | Flash flooding which began on the 29th became widespread areal flooding on the 30th. Flooding on Woodberry Road prevented the school bus from taking students to Hampton. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornton | - | A large tree was blown down onto a power line, which then fell onto a house. No damage was reported to the structure. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornton | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and caused minor damage to two houses. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornton | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees along Highway 167 at Thornton. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Thornton | - | Minor street flooding was reported in Thornton. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Thornton | - | Heavy rains flooded several roads in and around Thornton. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornton | - | Some large limbs and a few small trees were blown down. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornton | - | Some large tree limbs were knocked down. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Thornton | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Thornton | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Thornton | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Thornton | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Thornton | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Thornton | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornton | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornton | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Thornton | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornton | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Thornton | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Thornton | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
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.
Listed places nearby
2 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shumaker Naval Ammunition Depot (NAD) 500-Man Barracks | 0.4 miles | 2018 | |
| Shumaker Naval Ammunition Depot (NAD) Administration Building | 0.7 miles | 2018 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 95000610 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Calhoun County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.