Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
“The Miller Round Barn was a historic building located near Sharon Center in rural Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It was constructed in 1918 by John Schrader.”
Wikipedia article Miller Round Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 96 National Register listings published here for Johnson County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Miller Round Barn between 2010 and 2015, burning about 25 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 5200 BLOCK OAKCREST HIL ST., IA |
| 4 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 560TH AND NAPLES AVE, IOWA |
| 23 April 2015 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sharon Center, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Center | $50,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph damaged a grain elevator, partially ripped off a garage roof, snapped some large tree limbs, and flattened some corn about 4 miles northeast of Frytown, IA which is also known as Williamstown, IA around 700 am CDT July 24. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Center | $50,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph caused widespread wind damage from Sharon Center, IA to Lone Tree, IA between 500 am and 515 am July 21. Numerous trees and utility poles were blown down. Also a sign and awning were damaged at a gas station near Hills, IA. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Sharon Center | $20,000 | Rated F1 |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Center | - | A public report of thunderstorm wind damage. |
| July 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Sharon Center | - | The public reported a brief tornado moving northeast. After touching down, the tornado then lifted and dissipated. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Center | - | Some metal was blown off an outbuilding. Time was estimated by radar. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Center | - | Corn flattened. Time is estimated based on radar. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Sharon Center | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. John's Lutheran Church | 1.9 miles | 1977 |
 | Roberts Octagon Barn | 2.0 miles | 1986 |
 | First Welsh Congregational Church | 3.8 miles | 1977 |
 | First Johnson County Asylum | 6.7 miles | 1978 |
 | Washington Township Center High School | 7.2 miles | 1979 |
 | James McCollister Farmstead | 7.3 miles | 1976 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86001445 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Johnson County | All 96 listed properties in this county. |
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