Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
“The Harms Farm in Phillips County, Colorado near Haxtun, Colorado, also known as Gansemer Farm, is a 160 acres (0.65 km2) farm which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.”
Wikipedia article Harms Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 10 National Register listings published here for Phillips County · listed in 2016 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Harms Farm in 2020, burning under an acre in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Haxtun Fire Department | N/A |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Harms Farm: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 Haxtun, the town this property stands in, in 71 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 42 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Hail | Haxtun | $20,000 | A severe thunderstorm caused extensive damage to wheat and corn crops in the immediate area. Out of 104,000 planted acres of wheat in Phillips County; 3,000 were destroyed. Sixty thousand additional acres were damaged. Out of 102,000 planted acres of corn in the county; 2,000 were completely destroyed and 20,500 were damaged. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds downed a tree which crashed on to a home. The force of the blow punctured a hole in the ceiling, and knocked drywall into the laundry room. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | $5,500 | Wet microburst, straight-line winds estimated in excess of 75 knots ripped through the Haxtun vicinity as a second round of thunderstorms moved through the area. The winds flipped two corner irrigation sytems on to the adjacent road, toppled a few grain bins and removed some shingles off of a roof. A 70-foot evergreen tree had been toppled along with some smaller trees. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | Macroburst winds downed power lines and damaged several buildings. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | Damaging winds from a severe thunderstorm knocked down numerous trees and power lines. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Haxtun | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Haxtun | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Haxtun | - | A small tornado touched down briefly but did no damage. |
| August 1999 | Flash Flood | Haxtun | - | Thunderstorms producing heavy rain, with storm totals from 3 to 6 inches, caused flooding and flash flooding problems southeast of Haxtun, near the Yuma county line. Several county roads were washed out with widespread field flooding reported. Heavy rain coupled with small hail, stripped corn and sunflower crops in the area. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Haxtun | - | Torrential hail covered Highway 59, up to 10 inches deep in spots, for a quarter mile stretch near the Phillips/Yuma County Line. Snowplows had to be called out to clear the highway. Substantial crop damage was also reported in the area, although no estimate of the damage was available. |
| June 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Haxtun | - | A brief tornado touched down on open land. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Corner Rural Historic District | 1.5 miles | 2013 | |
 | Shirley Hotel | 7.8 miles | 2002 |
 | First National Bank of Haxtun | 7.8 miles | 1986 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15001010 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Phillips County | All 10 listed properties in this county. |
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