Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
“The John Gabriel Fort House is a historic house in rural Logan County, Arkansas. It is located at a bend in Reveille Valley Road, roughly midway between Paris and Magazine.”
Wikipedia article John Gabriel Fort House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 44 National Register listings published here for Logan County · listed in 1996 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of John Gabriel Fort House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 306 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 9.4 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | DELTIC FIRE |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WICKED |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BLUE MOUNTAIN #1 |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BLUE MOUNTAIN #2 |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Driggs, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2018: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Driggs | $25,000 | The tornado blew down trees, and removed some roofing material from several homes. Some barns and outbuildings were damaged. |
| February 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driggs | - | Trees and powerlines were reported down in the town of Driggs. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Driggs | - | Report was relayed by the Franklin County OEM. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driggs | - | Trees down. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driggs | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driggs | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Driggs | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driggs | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driggs | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | American Legion Post No. 121 | 4.7 miles | 1995 |
 | Burnett Springs | 5.2 miles | 1995 |
 | Park Hill | 5.4 miles | 2013 |
| Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Depot | 5.5 miles | 1978 | |
 | Magazine City Hall-Jail | 5.7 miles | 1993 |
 | First Christian Church | 5.8 miles | 1995 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96000331 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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