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Photograph of Lorenzo S. Coffin Burial Plot
Photograph by Ann Sullivan-Larson, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Lorenzo S. Coffin Burial Plot

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

From the record

“Coffin Burial Plot is a historic structure located northwest of Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States. Initially, the various members of the Coffin family had individual grave markers, but after Lorenzo Coffin's death, they were incorporated into a concrete wall.”

Wikipedia article Lorenzo S. Coffin Burial Plot, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Webster County · listed in 1977 · category: Site.

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 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Coffin, Lorenzo S., Burial Plot - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. NW of Fort Dodge on IA 7, Fort Dodge, 50501
  • When was it listed? November 1977
  • Category. site
  • Township. Douglas township
  • National Register reference number. 77000566 - 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

7 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Lorenzo S. Coffin Burial Plot between 2007 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
14 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2014Arson/incendiarism10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 April 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 March 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 November 2014Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 October 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Webster County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Lorenzo S. Coffin Burial Plot: 10 past producers, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fort Dodge MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lehigh Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mitchell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Northwest Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blandon MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Fort Dodge MillGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Fort Dodge Pit Georgia PacificGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Fort Dodge Pit & PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Fort Dodge Plant Georgia PacificGypsum-AnhydriteProducer

Every working recorded in Webster County

Storms near this property

1 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Dodge, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1994Thunderstorm WindFort Dodge$5,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Webster 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

6 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Corpus Christi Church2.9 miles1976
Fort Dodge Downtown Historic District3.0 miles2010
First National Bank Building3.1 miles2003
Webster County Courthouse3.1 miles1981
Fort Dodge Senior High School3.1 miles2015
Oak Hill Historic District3.1 miles1977

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 77000566 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Webster CountyAll 15 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.