Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
“Oak Cemetery is a historic cemetery at Greenwood and Dodson Avenues in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Established in 1853, it is the city's oldest and largest cemetery, and the burial site of many of its most prominent citizens.”
Wikipedia article Oak Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 64 National Register listings published here for Sebastian County · listed in 1995 · category: Site.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Oak Cemetery between 1996 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 March 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 March 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 December 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 65 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 January 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | STATE63 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Oak Cemetery: 7 producers, 7 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Aggregate, Light Weight, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rescolite Company | Aggregate, Light Weight | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Producer | ||
| Fort Smith Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Arkhola Dredge & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ashland Sand& Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fort Smith Dredge & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| General Inn Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jeffrey Sand Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Preston Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Smith, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1993 and 1995: 13 hail, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Smith | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Smith | $5,000 | Several trees were knocked down near the Fort Smith Airport. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Smith | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a light pole onto I-540. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Smith | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few trees. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Smith | $4,000 | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Fort Smith | - | An isolated severe thunderstorm produced dime size hail in Fort Smith. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Fort Smith | - | Severe thunderstorms moved through northwest Arkansas during the late evening of May 7th. Strong thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Cherokee City and in Sulphur Springs, and trees were also blown down in Hiawasse. Strong thunderstorm winds blew down telephone lines in Eureka Springs, and large tree branches were blown down by 60 mile an hour winds in Huntsville. Nickel-size hail fell at Fort Smith and at Greenwood, and dime-size hail fell two miles west of Lincoln. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Fort Smith | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Fort Smith | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Fort Smith | - | no account filed |
| March 1995 | Hail | Fort Smith | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Fort Smith | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Fort Smith | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Fort Smith | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Fort Smith | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Fort Smith | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Fort Smith | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Smith | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Fort Smith | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Robert Wanslow House | 0.2 miles | 2018 |
 | South Side Baptist Church | 0.3 miles | 2006 |
 | Christ the King Church | 0.4 miles | 1982 |
 | Fishback Neighborhood Historic District | 0.4 miles | 2010 |
 | Horace Franklin Rogers House | 0.4 miles | 1979 |
 | Fitzgerald Historic District | 0.5 miles | 2018 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 95000665 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Sebastian County | All 64 listed properties in this county. |
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