Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
“The Munger House is a historic house in rural eastern Johnson County, Arkansas. It is located east of Lamar, on the west side of County Road 3851, about 0.25 miles (0.40 km) north of the Pope County line.”
Wikipedia article Munger House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 35 National Register listings published here for Johnson 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 52 fires within 5 miles of Munger House between 1997 and 2018, burning about 324 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 11 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 | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2004 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2012 | Natural | 38 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Munger House: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Zinc, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lutherville, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lutherville | $90,000 | A mobile home was destroyed, walls were pushed inward in one direction. Trees were blown over (from west to east) laying over a house. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lutherville | $60,000 | A few barns and metal outbuildings were destroyed. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lutherville | $15,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lutherville | - | Multiple trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds in Lutherville around 2 PM. |
| November 2003 | Hail | Lutherville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. Paul Lutheran School | 1.7 miles | 1999 |
 | Dover to Clarksville Road Road -Hickeytown Road Segment | 6.9 miles | 2005 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96001174 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Johnson County | All 35 listed properties in this county. |
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