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One of 80 National Register listings published here for Iron County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
William Moss House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Moss, William, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 528 W. Genesee St., Iron River, 49935
- When was it listed? December 1983
- Category. building
- Also known as. Iron County MRA
- City. Iron River city
- National Register reference number. 83003734 - 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
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of William Moss House between 1993 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2019 | Other causes | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LOG CABIN |
| 20 June 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEST IRON COUNTY FD 0023-19 - 2019 |
| 6 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEST IRON COUNTY FD 0002220 - 2020 |
| 26 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEST IRON COUNTY FD 0020-19 - 2019 |
| 21 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEST IRON COUNTY FD 0019-19 - 2019 |
| 15 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEST IRON COUNTY FD 0021-18 - 2018 |
| 15 May 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 555 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 555 workings within 5 miles of William Moss House: 436 prospects, 96 past producers, 15 occurrences, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Caspian Construction Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highway Us 2 Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Iron County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Proksch No 1 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Arlington Mine | Iron | Prospect | Secondary Enrichment | |
| Aronson Hole 97 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Aronson Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Baker & Oliver Prospect B, F, 01 | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this property
36 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Iron River, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 20 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 1 lightning, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Hail | Iron River | $4,100,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Lightning | Iron River | $50,000 | A resort cabin burned down after it was struck by lightning. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | $30,000 | Storms uprooted numerous birch trees and caused some roof damage to houses in the Homer area near Iron River. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked over a large tree onto a house near Iron River on the evening of the 31st. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | $2,000 | The Iron County Sheriff reported several trees down in the Iron River area. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | $1,000 | Trees down on power line near Smoky Lake. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Iron River | - | One inch diameter hail reported in Iron River via social media. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Iron River | - | The Iron County Police reported dime sized hail in Iron River from 0900 to 0910 CDT. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | - | Several three-inch diameter branches blown down. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | - | Several trees down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | - | Several one-inch diameter branches down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | - | 89 mph measured wind gust. |
| October 2005 | Heavy Rain | Iron River | - | Two to three inches of rain caused minor street flooding. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | - | Wind gust to 59 mph. Four-inch diameter tree branches down on Highway M-189. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Iron River | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Iron River | - | Penny sized hail was reported. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Iron River | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Iron River | - | One inch hail was reported. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Iron River | - | Nickel sized hail was reported. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | - | Large limbs and small trees were blown down. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Iron River | - | One inch hail was reported. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Iron River | - | Nickel sized hail was reported. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | - | Several trees were blown down on Irish Street. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Iron River | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | - | A 1 foot diameter tree was blown down. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Iron River | - | Nickle sized hail. |
| September 2000 | Hail | Iron River | - | Nickle sized hail reported. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | - | wind gusts to 60 mph...trees down |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | - | 24 inch diameter trees down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | - | Trees down across CR 643 - power lines down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | - | 12 inch dia. pine tree down across CR 657. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | - | Several trees downed between Iron River and Crystal Falls. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron River | - | Trees down. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Iron River | - | 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Joseph Windsor House | under 500 feet | 1983 |
| William J. Tully House | 0.1 miles | 1983 | |
| Gottfried Hane House | 0.1 miles | 1983 | |
| Cloverland Hotel | 0.1 miles | 1983 | |
 | Rudolf Ericson House | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
 | St. Mary's Assumption Catholic Church | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83003734 in Record Group 79. |
| Iron County | All 80 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.