Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
“The Jeffery Cemetery is a historic cemetery in rural western Izard County, Arkansas. It is located on a knoll overlooking the White River, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Mount Olive, and is less than one acre in size.”
Wikipedia article Jeffery Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 18 National Register listings published here for Izard County · listed in 1999 · category: Site.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Jeffery Cemetery between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2,989 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 55 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 | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 1995 | Natural | 12 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CHUCK |
| 3 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BEAR |
| 12 September 2000 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CHRIS |
| 9 August 1996 | Natural | 15 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | HOG |
| 6 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jeffery Cemetery: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allison Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. C. Jeffery Farmstead | 0.8 miles | 1994 | |
 | Mount Olive Cumberland Presbyterian Church | 1.3 miles | 2004 |
 | Boswell School | 2.3 miles | 1992 |
 | Vest Cemetery | 2.7 miles | 2016 |
 | Sylvester Smith Farmstead | 2.9 miles | 1992 |
| Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot | 5.0 miles | 2004 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 99001261 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Izard County | All 18 listed properties in this county. |
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