J.T. Murphy No 1 Crater

	J. T. Murphy No 1 Crater
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Norphlet, Arkansas
Coordinates	33°20′38″N 92°40′6″W / 33.34389°N 92.66833°W
Area	6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
Built	1922
NRHP reference No.	07001435
Added to NRHP	January 24, 2008

The J.T. Murphy No. 1 Crater is the site of a historic oil-drilling accident near Norphlet, Union County, Arkansas. The site is located about 3 miles (4.8 km) north and west of Norphlet, off Firetower Road about 3/4 mile (1.21 km) north of its junction with Baugh Street. On May 14, 1922, an oil drilling crew completed a 2,000 feet (610 m) well, dubbed J.T. Murphy No. 1, and began pumping. The early production was entirely natural gas, which began escaping from the drill collar. Eventually it caught fire, burning for several hours, and destroying the derrick. It also caused a series of violent underground explosions. This resulted in the creation of a crater 450 feet (140 m) in diameter and 50 feet (15 m) deep, along with a number of other, shallower, craters. The land, which had previously been in cotton production, was abandoned, and has gradually returned to forest.^[2]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for J.T. Murphy No 1 Crater" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved May 10, 2014.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for J.T. Murphy No 1 Crater" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved May 10, 2014.

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