Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
“The Little Cypress Creek Bridge is a historic bridge in rural western Phillips County, Arkansas. Located south of the hamlet of Postelle, it carries County Road 600 over Little Cypress Creek, west of Arkansas Highway 39.”
Wikipedia article Little Cypress Creek Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 60 National Register listings published here for Phillips County · listed in 1995 · category: Structure.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Little Cypress Creek Bridge between 1998 and 2015, burning about 303 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 71 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 October 2000 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 October 2000 | Debris and open burning | 96 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 October 2000 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 October 2000 | Debris and open burning | 31 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Postelle, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1993 and 2012: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Postelle | $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several television antennas in Postelle and Elaine. |
| January 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Postelle | $25,000 | The tornado moved into Phillips County from Monroe County and continued to move northeast. A large storage shed was tossed over a farm building. A few trees were knocked down and minor tree damage was noted. A couple of irrigation pivots were overturned. Some grain bins were also dented towards the top. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Postelle | - | Scattered trees and power lines were knocked down by straight line winds across Phillips County. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Turner Historic District | 5.9 miles | 2006 |
 | First Baptist Church | 6.3 miles | 1991 |
 | Mayo House | 6.3 miles | 1997 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 95000611 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Phillips County | All 60 listed properties in this county. |
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