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One of 15 National Register listings published here for Van Buren County · listed in 2000 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Titan II ICBM Launch Complex 374-7 Site
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. W. of US 65;1.7 mi. N of jct. with AR 124, Southside, 72039
- When was it listed? February 2000
- Category. site
- Also known as. Cold War Resources Associated with the 308th Strategic Missile Wing in Arkansas MPS
- Township. Bradley township
- National Register reference number. 98001434 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
36 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Titan II ICBM Launch Complex 374-7 Site between 1997 and 2020, burning about 655 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | DOCS LANE |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 55 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Titan II ICBM Launch Complex 374-7 Site: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this property
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Southside, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 5 hail, 5 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southside | $5,000 | Roof damage was reported to a home. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southside | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some power lines. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Southside | $1,000 | U.S. Highway 65 north of Damascus was flooded. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Southside | $1,000 | Water was across Old Gin Road in Southside. |
| March 2023 | Heavy Rain | Southside | - | The COOP observer reported 3.50 inches of rain. |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Southside | - | Flash flooding in southern Van Buren County, with several roads under water. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Southside | - | Numerous roads around Damascus were underwater. Highway 65 was nearly covered in water as well. |
| November 2015 | Flash Flood | Southside | - | Numerous low water crossings were flooded. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southside | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down throughout the county. |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F2) | Southside | - | A strong tornado moved from Faulkner County into Van Buren County about 5 miles southwest of Southside. Winds were estimated at 140 mph. Damage along the path of the tornado consisted of numerous barns and outbuildings either damaged or destroyed. A number of cars were damaged, and a few were overturned. Several mobile homes were damaged or destroyed as well. Hundreds of trees were also knocked down. Numerous power lines and power poles were also blown down. The tornado dissipated about 6.5 miles north-northeast of Bee Branch. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southside | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few trees. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Southside | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Southside | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Southside | - | no account filed |
| January 2000 | Hail | Southside | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Southside | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Collums-Baker House | 2.1 miles | 1992 |
 | Art Scanlan House | 2.3 miles | 1999 |
| South Side High School Sign | 2.4 miles | 2023 | |
 | Damascus CCC Camp, Co. No. 3781 Historic District | 2.9 miles | 2002 |
 | Damascus Gymnasium | 3.3 miles | 1992 |
 | Carl and Esther Lee House | 3.3 miles | 2005 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 98001434 in Record Group 79. |
| Van Buren County | All 15 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.