Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
“The Mo-Ark Baptist Academy was a Baptist Christian school in Blue Eye, Arkansas. It is located just south of the western end of Park Street, not far from the state line with Blue Eye, Missouri.”
Wikipedia article Mo-Ark Baptist Academy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 34 National Register listings published here for Carroll 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 23 fires within 5 miles of Mo-Ark Baptist Academy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 798 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177449-10404-07232018-1717 |
| 12 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 145 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176963-10404-05122018-1805 |
| 2 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178821-10404-04022019-2300 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blue Eye, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Hail | Blue Eye | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blue Eye | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blue Eye | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down onto Highway 21 between Blue Eye and Oak Grove. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Blue Eye | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Blue Eye | - | 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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96001030 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Carroll County | All 34 listed properties in this county. |
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