John Morgan House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

From the record

“The John Morgan House is a historic house in Heflin, Alabama, United States. The house was built circa 1880 by John Francis and Louise Perryman Morgan, on land given to John for his service in the Mexican-American War.”
Wikipedia article John Morgan House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Cleburne County · listed in 1993 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Morgan, John, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 321 Ross St., Heflin, 36264
When was it listed? August 1993
Category. building
Census division. Heflin
National Register reference number. 93000762 - 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.

Fires near this property

219 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of John Morgan House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,602 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 103 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	103
Debris and open burning	61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Railroad operations and maintenance	11
Natural	8
Recreation and ceremony	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	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
8 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160908-17
28 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	National Forests in Alabama	TRAILHEAD
28 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	National Forests in Alabama	not named
26 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160926-5
26 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Cleburne County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of John Morgan House: 6 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Mica, Gold, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Anna Howe Mine Crutchfield/Valdor	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Henderson Deposit	Manganese	Past Producer	1953
Heflin Mill	Mica	Plant
Pat Ayers No. 5 Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Schefner No. 2 Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Iron City Mines	Iron	Past Producer	Goethite, Magnetite
Pentegrass Or Dunn Beds	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Cleburne County

Storms near this property

37 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heflin, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 18 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2003	Flash Flood	Heflin	1 hurt, $8,000	Cleburne County Emergency Medical Service personnel along with volunteer firemen from Hollis, Heflin, and Micaville and an Alabama State Trooper worked to rescue an unidentified male after the car he attempted to drive trough floodwaters was washed into a ditch and almost submerged. The man attempted to drive through floodwaters from the Tallapoosa River covering a portion of CR 36 when the swift current pushed the car into a ditch where it caught on some trees.
May 2008	Tornado (EF1)	Heflin	$1,750,000	The tornado touched down along the Talladega Scenic Drive just south of US Highway 78. It then moved along a slightly curved path until it crossed CR-79, and then tracked almost due east as it produced its most concentrated damage near SR-9. The tornado lifted near the end of Brockford Road in the vicinity of Shadow Lane, on the east side of the city of Heflin. Hundreds of trees were either snapped off or uprooted along the path. Eight homes were destroyed, and more than 40 others received significant damage.
March 1994	Hail	Heflin	$500,000	Hail slightly larger than golf ball-size was reported at Heflin. A number of trees were downed by wind. Damage in Heflin began on U.S. Highway 78 West and crossed through town.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Heflin	$200,000	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the northern portion of the county. At least 10 buildings had roof damage due to downed trees, and at least 3 buildings had roofs completely blown off. Several mobile homes in a mobile home park suffered varying degrees of damage to underpinning, roofs, and structure.
May 2003	Lightning	Heflin	$48,000	Lightning was believed responsible for fires at three houses in and east of Heflin.
September 1996	Tornado (F0)	Heflin	$45,000	no account filed
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Heflin	$37,000	A large interstate light pole fell on a traveling vehicle on the entrance ramp to Interstate 20 Exit 199. The occupants of the vehicle were uninjured. Several trees and one billboard were blown down in the Heflin area.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Heflin	$19,000	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down south of Heflin along the Tallapoosa River. Several trees fell onto State Highway 9, County Road 12, County Road 36 and in the Beason Mill community.
November 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Heflin	$17,000	One home sustained moderate wind damage in the Abernathy Community near Exit 210 on Interstate 20.
March 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Heflin	$14,000	Several power lines were blown down in the city of Heflin.
May 1998	Hail	Heflin	$10,000	Golf ball size hail was reported in Heflin.
July 2005	Flash Flood	Heflin	$7,000	County Road 42 and County Road 43 were flooded and temporarily closed.
November 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Heflin	$4,000	Trees and a power pole were blown down along Bells Mill Road, near Cherokee County High School.
November 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Heflin	$3,000	Several trees were blown down near the intersection of US-78 and AL-281, west of Heflin.
March 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Heflin	$3,000	Trees and power lines were knocked down in Heflin.
February 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Heflin	$2,000	Several trees were blown down along Perryman Bridge Rd and Evans Bridge Rd, between Heflin and Interstate 20.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Heflin	$2,000	Trees were blown down and dime size hail was reported in Heflin.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Heflin	$1,000	A tree was blown down, and some metal roofing was damaged, in Heflin.
April 2005	Hail	Heflin	$1,000	Nickel size hail was reported near Heflin.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Heflin	-	Trees were downed in numerous locations around Heflin.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Heflin	-	A couple trees were downed in the Heflin area.
November 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Heflin	-	Social media reports and photographs of roofing blown off a small office building in Heflin and of several trees and limbs downed around the area.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Heflin	-	Trees uprooted along County Road 66 and Ross Street in Heflin.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Heflin	-	Several trees uprooted across Heflin.
May 2021	Hail	Heflin	-	Half dollar size hail reported in Heflin.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Heflin	-	Several trees uprooted and a power line downed on Oxford Street in the city of Heflin.
January 2013	Flash Flood	Heflin	-	At least six inches of water had flooded US Highway 78 at Alabama Highway 9.
May 2013	Heavy Rain	Heflin	-	Approximately two inches of rainfall across the area led to water covering portions of U.S. Highway 78 northeast of Heflin.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Heflin	-	Trees were blown down in and around Heflin.
February 2005	Hail	Heflin	-	Quarter size hail was reported near Heflin.
May 2000	Funnel Cloud	Heflin	-	A rotating thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud just southwest of Heflin.
June 1999	Hail	Heflin	-	One inch diameter hail was reported by a pilot about 7 miles northeast of Heflin.
April 1998	Hail	Heflin	-	Dime size hail was reported in Heflin.
May 1998	Hail	Heflin	-	Dime size hail was reported in Hollis Crossroads.
March 2018	Hail	Heflin	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Heflin	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Heflin	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cleburne County

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

2 within 8 miles

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
	Cleburne County Courthouse	0.2 miles	1976
	Cleburne County High School	0.2 miles	2018

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 93000762 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cleburne County	All 4 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.