Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
“Mountain View Farm is a historic farm property in rural Yell County, Arkansas. It is located at the eastern end of County Road 218, south of Plainview.”
Wikipedia article Mountain View Farm (Plainview, Arkansas), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 33 National Register listings published here for Yell County · listed in 1996 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Mountain View Farm between 1992 and 2017, burning about 654 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 15 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2005 | Natural | 25 acres | Ouachita National Forest | 658 |
| 31 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mountain View Farm: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Plainview, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 15 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Flood | Plainview | 2 killed, $10,000 | According to police reports, the driver of a small pick-up truck drove around barricades into a flooded portion of Arkansas Highway 28. The motorist continued through about 1/8 mile of flooded roadway until the water got so deep that the truck floated off the highway. The two occupants drowned. Water was reported to be so deep on the highway that only the tops of the guardrails were visible. The highway had been closed and barricaded for more than 24 hours when the fatalities occurred. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | $50,000 | Some trees and power lines were blown down. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | $30,000 | An old barn was destroyed, several houses had roof damage, a fence was blown down, and trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | $25,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | $15,000 | Power lines were blown down. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees. |
| November 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | $1,000 | A tree was down in the area. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Plainview | - | Roads were flooded in and near Plainview. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | - | Several trees and power lines were downed just north of Plainview. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Plainview | - | Golf ball size hail covered the ground. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | - | A tree was down on 3rd Street. Several limbs were blown off trees. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | - | Downburst winds from a severe thunderstorm downed several trees just to the southwest of Plainview. |
| November 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some large trees at Plainview. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Plainview | - | A few trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | - | A few trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | - | Several trees were blown down. One tree fell on a vehicle. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Plainview | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Plainview | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Plainview | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Plainview | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Plainview | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Evans-Neuhart House | 1.1 miles | 2014 |
 | Ward's Crossing Bridge | 2.8 miles | 2008 |
| Mickles Bridge | 6.7 miles | ||
 | Petit Jean River Bridge | 7.7 miles | 2010 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96001270 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Yell County | All 33 listed properties in this county. |
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