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Photograph of Evan F. Ellis Farmhouse
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Evan F. Ellis Farmhouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“Ellis Farmhouse is an historic residence located north of Bussey, Iowa, United States. Evan, his wife Bertha, and their two daughters moved from Illinois and settled on the 120-acre (49 ha) farm they bought in Marion County, Iowa in 1909.”

Wikipedia article Evan F. Ellis Farmhouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 29 National Register listings published here for Marion County · listed in 1985 · 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. Ellis, Evan F., Farmhouse - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Off Hwy. 156, Bussey, 50044
  • When was it listed? January 1985
  • Category. building
  • Township. Liberty township
  • National Register reference number. 85000006 - 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

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Evan F. Ellis Farmhouse between 2006 and 2017, burning about 20 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2

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
9 April 2014Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 February 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Evan F. Ellis Farmhouse: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Flagstone. 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
Groenendyk Mcconville Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
UnknownFlagstonePast Producer
Bellefountain PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Drill HoleZincPast ProducerSphalerite
Llyed Barnes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
OccurrenceZincPast ProducerSphalerite

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this property

59 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bussey, the town this property stands in, in 59 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 37 flood, 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 6 heavy rain. 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 2008FloodBussey$500,000no account filed
June 2015FloodBussey$100,000Cedar Creek at Bussey crested at 31.19 feet at 4:00 PM CST on 25 June.
July 2015Flash FloodBussey$100,000A road was damaged from floodwaters.
June 2011FloodBussey$100,000no account filed
July 2010FloodBussey$100,000no account filed
June 2010FloodBussey$75,000no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindBussey$50,000A garage was damaged and the roof taken off of a house. Reported by KCCI TV.
April 2010FloodBussey$50,000no account filed
May 2010FloodBussey$50,000no account filed
August 2010FloodBussey$50,000no account filed
July 2008FloodBussey$50,000no account filed
May 2011FloodBussey$25,000no account filed
June 2011FloodBussey$25,000no account filed
March 2010FloodBussey$25,000no account filed
March 2010FloodBussey$25,000no account filed
June 2010FloodBussey$25,000no account filed
March 2009FloodBussey$25,000no account filed
April 2007FloodBussey$25,000no account filed
August 2007FloodBussey$25,000no account filed
May 2007FloodBussey$25,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBussey$20,000no account filed
April 2008FloodBussey$15,000no account filed
May 2019HailBussey$10,000Trained spotter reported ping pong ball sized hail.
April 2013FloodBussey$10,000Highway G71 was closed due to high water over the road from the Cedar Creek near Bussey.
February 2011FloodBussey$10,000no account filed
July 2010FloodBussey$10,000no account filed
April 2009FloodBussey$10,000no account filed
May 2009FloodBussey$10,000no account filed
June 2008FloodBussey$10,000no account filed
July 2008FloodBussey$10,000no account filed
July 2008FloodBussey$10,000no account filed
April 2003HailBussey$10,000no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBussey$5,000Power lines were down east of Bussey near the Mahaska County Border.
May 2010FloodBussey$5,000no account filed
June 2009FloodBussey$5,000no account filed
December 2008FloodBussey$5,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBussey$5,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindBussey$5,000no account filed
June 2011HailBussey$3,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBussey$2,000no account filed
March 2023Thunderstorm WindBussey-Estimated 60 to 70 mph wind gusts with pea sized hail. Power is out.
July 2023HailBussey-Quarter sized hail reported by trained spotter and KNIA/KRLS radio.
June 2020Heavy RainBussey-Public weather station measured 2.25 inches of rain. Beginning time estimated by radar. Rain ongoing at observation time.
September 2019Heavy RainBussey-Public reported heavy rainfall of 2.50 inches. Time duration unknown. Set at 24 hours for this report.
August 2016Heavy RainBussey-Mesonet station recorded heavy rainfall of 1.95 inches.
June 2015Funnel CloudBussey-Trained spotter noted a funnel cloud with no contact to the ground and was dissipating at the time of the report.
December 2015Heavy RainBussey-Trained spotter reported heavy rainfall of 3.00 inches over the last 24 hours.
September 2014Heavy RainBussey-Rainfall of 3.6 inches this afternoon and evening.
October 2012Heavy RainBussey-Twenty four hour total of 3.02 inches.
May 2023HailBussey-no account filed
May 2015HailBussey-no account filed
January 2010FloodBussey-no account filed
September 2010FloodBussey-no account filed
December 2009FloodBussey-no account filed
August 2009FloodBussey-no account filed
October 2009FloodBussey-no account filed
October 2009FloodBussey-no account filed
September 2008FloodBussey-no account filed
May 2003HailBussey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Harvey Railroad Bridge6.8 miles1998
Hammond Bridge7.1 miles1998

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85000006 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Marion CountyAll 29 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.