Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
“The Nelson Round Barn is a historic building located near Allerton in rural Wayne County, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1912, and it was originally used as a dairy barn.”
Wikipedia article Nelson Round Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 4 National Register listings published here for Wayne 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 17 fires within 5 miles of Nelson Round Barn between 2009 and 2019, burning about 488 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 86 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 300 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allerton, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 11 heavy rain, 8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Allerton | $300,000 | This tornado formed southwest of Allerton and moved northeast snapping power poles along Idaho Road before clipping the southeast edge of Allerton. A manufactured house had its roof removed on the edge of town with the tornado snapping power poles and a back stop at a park on the east side of town. The tornado then remained in rural areas of central Wayne county with little damage noted. The circulation stayed just southeast of Corydon but did destroy a machine shed along Highway 2 east of town. The tornado continued northeast before dissipating north of Newton Road west of 180th Street. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Allerton | $100,000 | Four to 6 inches of water flowing over County Highway S26. Multiple gravel roads inundated. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Allerton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allerton | $25,000 | Healthy tree split and fell onto a garage. Numerous other 4 to 6 inch branches broken off around Allerton. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allerton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Allerton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Allerton | $5,000 | Nickel to half dollar size hail covered the ground in Allerton. |
| February 2007 | Flood | Allerton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allerton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allerton | $2,000 | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Allerton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Allerton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Allerton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Allerton | - | A 24 hour rain total of 2.29 inches. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Allerton | - | A CoCoRaHS observer reported a 24 hour rain total of 2.3 inches. |
| September 2019 | Heavy Rain | Allerton | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.19 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2019 | Heavy Rain | Allerton | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.09 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2019 | Heavy Rain | Allerton | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.09 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Allerton | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall total of 2.70 inches since about 2 am. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Allerton | - | Rainfall from storm over the past 24 hours was 3.57 inches. |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Allerton | - | Twenty four hour rainfall total of 2.51 inches. |
| July 2010 | Heavy Rain | Allerton | - | Rainfall of 4.25 inches since last night. |
| August 2009 | Heavy Rain | Allerton | - | Rainfall amount of 6.55 inches was reported over the past 24 hours. |
| July 2008 | Heavy Rain | Allerton | - | Evening rainfall was reported as 5.20 inches. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Allerton | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Allerton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | W. H. Tedford House | 3.7 miles | 1979 |
| Hotel Rea | 3.8 miles | 2020 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86003189 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Wayne County | All 4 listed properties in this county. |
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