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One of 10 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 2023 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Morris Harris Farmstead
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.
The listing
- Listed as. Harris, Morris, Farmstead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 16010 US 24, Perry, 66073
- When was it listed? July 2023
- Category. district
- Also known as. Agriculture-Related Resources of Kansas MPS
- Township. Rural township
- National Register reference number. 100009181 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
76 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Morris Harris Farmstead between 2002 and 2020, burning about 492 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 181 |
| 29 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 18051 |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 201837 |
| 9 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Jefferson County | 63 |
| 6 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 141 |
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 66 |
| 24 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 201835 |
Storms near this property
60 of 78 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perry, the town this property stands in, in 78 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 36 thunderstorm wind, 34 hail, 6 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | 2 hurt, $700,000 | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Perry | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Perry | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Perry | $40,000 | Heavy rains produced flash flooding in southern Jefferson county. At Perry water was running over the street curbs. Many roads near Perry were covered by water. Near Williamstown the junction of highways 24 and 59 was barracaded due to rising water. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | $10,000 | 2 boat houses had roofs blown off at Perry Lake Marina. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | $10,000 | Strong winds damaged a marina at Lake Perry. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Perry | $5,000 | Large hail damaged vehicles and crops near Perry. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | $5,000 | High winds knocked down power lines. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | $3,000 | Strong winds downed power lines. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | $1,000 | Power lines were downed in Perry as a result of broken tree limbs. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | $1,000 | Strong winds blew down power lines east of Perry. |
| May 2005 | Flash Flood | Perry | $500 | Fast flowing water over highway24. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Relayed report by Emergency Manager. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Time estimated from radar. 5 inch diameter tree branch down. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Large tree uprooted. Time estimated by radar. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Highway signs snapped at the posts, estimated 60 to 70 mph wind gusts reported by the fire chief. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Significant damage to trees, homes and vehicles. Many power lines down in Perry. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Multiple trees snapped in perry, one as large as 36 inches in diameter. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Fire chief estimated a 70 mph wind gust. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Perry | - | Emergency manager reported 10 inches of water over many roads in Perry. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Mping report of trees uprooted or snapped, or roof blown off. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | The fire chief reported 60 mph winds and zero visibility. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Multiple power poles down, tree damage across the city of Perry. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Tree limbs and powerlines down. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Perry | - | Most roads are under water in Perry from flash flooding rains. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Perry | - | Flash flooding on 25th road west of us 59 highway closed due to flood waters. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Seventeen inch diameter tree snapped in Oak Ridge Cemetery. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Home with minor damage due to falling tree and debris from limbs. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Power lines down in Perry. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Wind gust to around 60 mph reported. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Power line was reported down. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Estimated 60-70 mph wind gust. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | A 12 inch limb was snapped off of a healthy tree. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | An emergency manager reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust near Perry. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | A 4 inch tree limb was broken from strong winds. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Perry | - | One foot of water reported to be running over portions of Cedar Street in the town of Perry. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Pea size hail also reported. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Half inch hail covered the ground. |
| June 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Perry | - | A funnel cloud was sighted near Lake Perry dam. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | High winds caused damage to trees, limbs, and power lines. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
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
3 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Buck Creek School | 0.8 miles | 1988 |
| Sunnyside School | 1.6 miles | 2011 | |
 | Delaware River Parker Truss Bridge | 6.5 miles | 2003 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009181 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 10 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.
- 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.