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Gould Jones Reservoir

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

From the record

“The Gould Jones Reservoir is a historic water storage tank, located on the grounds of the Newton County library, which was then just outside of Jasper, Arkansas on Arkansas Highway 7. The tank is a circular masonry structure, built out of concrete and brick in 1942 by Gould Jones, a local blacksmith and mason.”

Wikipedia article Gould Jones Reservoir, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 16 National Register listings published here for Newton County · listed in 1998 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Jones, Gould, Reservoir - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. AR 7, just S of Jasper, Jasper, 72641
  • When was it listed? August 1998
  • Category. structure
  • Township. Jackson township
  • National Register reference number. 98000956 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Gould Jones Reservoir between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,246 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism33
Debris and open burning24
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresBuffalo National RiverBISHOP FIRE
19 August 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National RiverSOUTH OF PRUITT
11 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 May 2009Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 May 2005Railroad operations and maintenance55 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 April 2016Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Gould Jones Reservoir: 7 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue BluffLead, ZincPast Producer
Boulder ProspectLeadPast Producer
Ozark Rock Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStonePast Producer
Panther CreekZincPast Producer
Tom Hill PropertyZincOccurrence
J A LowrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Newton County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pruitt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton County

Storms near this property

58 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jasper, the town this property stands in, in 58 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 25 thunderstorm wind, 23 hail, 5 flash flood, 3 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2006FloodJasper$277,000Heavy rain caused flooding in many sections of Newton County. A couple of low water crossings were washed out, as were a number of county roads. Some of the areas affected included Jasper, Cave Creek, Vendor, Mt. Judea, and Deer.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindJasper$75,000A tree was downed on Arkansas Highway 7 in Jasper. Power lines were down across the county. One home had a tree on part of its roof and the porch collapsed at one end of the house. There was also damage to the garage.
January 2007Flash FloodJasper$31,900Heavy rains produced flash flooding across much of Newton County. A number of county roads were flooded.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindJasper$25,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Jasper and along Arkansas 7 north of Jasper.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindJasper$25,000Trees were down across the city.
October 2009Flash FloodJasper$25,000A rock slide occurred on Arkansas Highway 74 about a mile east of Jasper.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindJasper$20,000Some roofs had shingles blown off of them. Trees were blown down and snapped.
August 2020Flash FloodJasper$10,000The first floor of Valley View Apartments on Mountain Street in Jasper was reported as flooded. Heavy rain continued to fall.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindJasper$10,000Trees were down at the sheriff's office in Newton County.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindJasper$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a small building at the fairgrounds.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindJasper$2,000A large tree was blown down.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindJasper$2,000A tree was blown down across Arkansas Highway 74 east of Jasper.
April 2026HailJasper-Hen egg sized hail fell at the school in Jasper.
November 2024Flash FloodJasper-Water was covering Arkansas state Highway 7 in Jasper.
November 2024Flash FloodJasper-Water was flowing over Arkansas state Highway 7 south of downtown Jasper.
March 2023Heavy RainJasper-The COOP observer reported 3.00 inches of rain.
March 2023Heavy RainJasper-Heavy rain was measured at 2.50 inches in Jasper.
May 2022HailJasper-In the flatwoods area east of Jasper, 1.60 inch hail was measured.
May 2022HailJasper-Made a phone call to a local store north of Jasper.
May 2022HailJasper-Updated...received a social media report with a picture from Jasper showing a mix of hail sizes, with the largest being two inches.
May 2022Heavy RainJasper-This was a 24 hour rainfall total.
April 2022HailJasper-Quarter to golf ball size hail covered the ground at Jasper.
May 2020HailJasper-A storm spotter reported ping pong ball size hail.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindJasper-Multiple trees were down in Jasper.
February 2017HailJasper-Quarter size hail was reported in Jasper.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindJasper-Trees were blown down in various parts of the county.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindJasper-Several trees downed across Highway 74.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindJasper-Some trees were toppled.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindJasper-Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindJasper-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindJasper-Thunderstorm winds gusting to 60 mph knocked down some large tree limbs.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindJasper-Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a building.
May 2022HailJasper-no account filed
April 2022HailJasper-no account filed
April 2011HailJasper-no account filed
May 2008HailJasper-no account filed
April 2006HailJasper-no account filed
April 2006HailJasper-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindJasper-no account filed
May 2006HailJasper-no account filed
February 2005HailJasper-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindJasper-no account filed
February 2001Thunderstorm WindJasper-no account filed
February 2001Thunderstorm WindJasper-no account filed
November 2001HailJasper-no account filed
January 2000Thunderstorm WindJasper-no account filed
May 2000HailJasper-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindJasper-no account filed
December 1999Thunderstorm WindJasper-no account filed
April 1998HailJasper-no account filed
July 1998HailJasper-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindJasper-no account filed
November 1998Tornado (F0)Jasper-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindJasper-no account filed
July 1997HailJasper-no account filed
April 1996HailJasper-no account filed
January 1994HailJasper-no account filed
January 1994HailJasper-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Newton County

Map coverage status

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Newton County Courthouse0.3 miles1994
Newton County Jail0.4 miles1994
Jasper Commercial Historic District0.5 miles2010
Dr. Hudson Sanitarium Agricultural Building Historic District1.2 miles1992
Little Buffalo River Bridge3.3 miles1995
Buffalo River Bridge4.8 miles1990

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 98000956 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Newton CountyAll 16 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.