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One of 35 National Register listings published here for Doniphan County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Godfrey Nuzum Barn
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Nuzum, Godfrey, Barn - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. KS 7, Sparkes, 66035
- When was it listed? May 1987
- Category. building
- Also known as. Byre and Bluff Barns of Doniphan County TR
- Township. Iowa township
- National Register reference number. 86003533 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
11 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Godfrey Nuzum Barn between 2015 and 2018, burning about 34 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 9 |
| 11 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 22 |
| 7 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 10 |
| 7 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 11 |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Doniphan County | 8 |
| 15 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 6 |
| 3 February 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 3 |
| 3 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Doniphan County | 4 |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Godfrey Nuzum Barn: 5 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Iowa, Sac, and Fox Presbyterian Mission | 2.2 miles | 1970 |
 | St. Martha's AME Church and Parsonage | 3.5 miles | 2000 |
 | Highland Christian Church | 3.6 miles | 2007 |
| Highland Water Tower | 3.7 miles | ||
| First National Bank Building | 3.8 miles | 2008 | |
 | Irvin Hall, Highland Community Junior College | 3.9 miles | 1971 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86003533 in Record Group 79. |
| Doniphan County | All 35 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.