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On October 29th, 2024, a semi-truck trailer dragging chains along Highway 278 created sparks igniting a grass fire that spread rapidly. The fire, which started 2.1 miles southeast of Dierks near Green Plains Rd, quickly engulfed over 150 acres of forestry spanning over 2 miles from Green Plains Rd to Fellowship Rd. Dierks, Centerpoint, Nashville, Umpire, and Nathan fire departments responded ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Arkansas. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
The purposes of Dierks Lake are: flood control on the Saline River, recreation, water supply, and fish and wildlife conservation. As a part of the Little River Basin System the lake offers a high degree of flood protection to large areas of land both in the Little River Basin and the flood plain along the Red River.
Arkansas and the New South 1874-1929. Histories of Arkansas. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 1-55728-490-3. LCCN 97026932. OCLC 37269309. OL 680393M. "Petitions Are Filed: Jefferson Springs, on Iron Mountain, Wants Trains Stopped—Searcy Asks Better Service". Arkansas Democrat. Vol. 39, no. 45. Little Rock. November 10, 1909 ...
Arkansas covers an area of 53,179 square miles (137,733 km²) and ranks as the 29th largest state by size. [7] The state borders six U.S. states : Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi across the Mississippi River to the east, Louisiana to the south, Oklahoma to the west, and Texas to the southwest.
Jefferson County, officially the County of Jefferson, is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas in the area known as the Arkansas Delta that extends west of the Mississippi River. Jefferson County consists of five cities , two towns , and 20 townships .
Location of Jefferson County in Arkansas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. The locations of National Register ...
The Arkansas General Assembly authorized a study in 1967 in the interests of forming a recreational area in eastern Arkansas. In addition to the natural value, the Village Creek area contained the historically significant Old Military Road , later used as the Trail of Tears, and parts of William Strong's mid-1800s plantation.