Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1948.
From the record
“The Stuart Welcome Arch is an historic arch-shaped gateway that straddles County Road 707 between 2369 and 2390 Northeast Dixie Highway in Jensen Beach, Florida. It was built in 1926 to mark what were then the town lines of incorporated Jensen and Stuart and to herald Stuart as a "Gateway to the Gulf of Mexico."”
Wikipedia article Stuart Welcome Arch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 14 National Register listings published here for Martin County · listed in 2004 · category: Structure.
National Register reference number.04000971- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1948 to 1988
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19481988
Fires near this property
81 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Stuart Welcome Arch
between 1992 and 2019, burning about 629 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 10 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
Natural
22
Misuse of fire by a minor
13
Recreation and ceremony
10
Arson/incendiarism
10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
9
Railroad operations and maintenance
5
Equipment and vehicle use
4
Debris and open burning
4
Smoking
2
Fireworks
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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
1 working within 5 miles of Stuart Welcome Arch: 1 producer.
All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Jensen Beach, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 lightning, 1 heavy rain.
The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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.
A weak developing thunderstorm over the nearshore waters off Martin County moved westward over Jensen Beach during the late afternoon. A 47-year-old construction worker was seriously injured when he was struck by lightning while working on a pool and club house at Ocean Breeze Park. Other co-workers on the site performed CPR until first responders arrived. The injured man was then transported to a local hospital in critical condition, and later to a regional medical center in West Palm Beach. The man died from the lightning injuries over a month later.
Local broadcast media reported that a lifeguard at Jensen Beach received non-life threatening injuries after lightning struck nearby. The lifeguard was transported to a local hospital and later released.
A combination of CoCoRAaS, ham radio and public reports indicated 5 to 11 inches of rain fell across northeastern Martin County, with most of the rain falling in a 6-hour or less period. The highest totals occurred within the southwestern portion of Stuart and in Palm City. ||Flooding closed many roadways, stranding over 100 vehicles. Drainage canals and creeks overflowed. While high water surrounded many subdivisions, businesses and homes, water was reported to have entered 7 homes in Palm City. Damage was estimated around $105,000 dollars.
Public report via social media with pictures of a funnel cloud north of A1A and NE Causeway Blvd in Jensen Beach. The funnel did not touch the ground and dissipated shortly after.
The public reported damage in South Jensen Beach, which consisted of downed tree limbs, backyard items thrown around, and a covered porch that was lifted and dropped a few feet away.
Martin County Emergency Management reported that damage to home in Jensen Beach, consisting of the complete collapse of backyard pool enclosure, damage to the roof and building siding, and medium sized tree branches were downed.
Rainbands associated with Hurricane Matthew produced rainfall totals between 2.5 and 4 inches, resulting in areas of mostly minor urban and poor drainage flooding. Several roadways were impacted by significant ponding.
Newspaper story of large hail occurring at the Dunkin Donuts store in Jensen Beach, just inland from the intracoastal waterway. Photo's accompanying the story indicated hail of quarter size and greater.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
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.
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.
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