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One of 76 National Register listings published here for Rice County · listed in 2019 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Morristown Feed Mill
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
The listing
- Address. 205 Bloomer St. E., Morristown, 55052
- When was it listed? June 2019
- Category. building
- Township. Morristown township
- National Register reference number. 100004074 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Morristown Feed Mill between 2002 and 2003, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 April 2003 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 December 2002 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Morristown Feed Mill: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walbern Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Witte Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
43 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morristown, the town this property stands in, in 43 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 7 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | $10,000,000 | There was significant wind damage from a downburst that expanded in width as it traveled northeast. By the time it stopped producing damage, it was 8 wide on either side of Nerstrand. The damage began east-southeast of Morristown (near the Rice, Waseca, and Steele County line), moved across the south side of Faribault, and northeast to near the Nerstrand Big Woods State Park and then Nerstrand. The damage path became more isolated as it exited eastern Rice county.||Numerous trees, power lines, roofs, and pole barns were damaged along this path. In addition, nine semi trucks were blown over on I-35 south of Faribault due to straight-line winds. Just over $1 Million dollars in damages were to public infrastructure, with remaining damages to houses, farms, and vehicles. |
| September 2016 | Flood | Morristown | $700,000 | Runoff from torrential rainfall that occurred across most of southern Rice County Wednesday night, September 21st, caused numerous roads to remain impassable and closed. The flooding incident created over $700,000 in property damage amounts, according to Rice County Emergency Management. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | A severe wind gust was measured by a local emergency manager. This was with the leading shelf cloud ahead of the main storms. |
| September 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Morristown | - | A NWS storm survey, plus areal footage of drone and satellite data, concluded that an EF1 tornado started north of Morristown. It moved northeast to the intersection of Cedar Lake Blvd, and Fairbanks Avenue, and continued moving northeast across the southeast part of Roberds Lake. It lifted just north of the Faribault airport after being on the ground for nearly 8.6 miles. ||The damage was consistent with EF1 damage with maximum wind speeds of 95 mph and a width of 440 yards. Damage was significant along this path with the worst damage along the south and east sides of Roberds Lake. Areal footage and pictures concluded that hundred of trees, up to 3 feet in diameter, were uprooted or blown down onto houses on the east side of the lake from this tornado. Many of these large trees landed on homes and nearly split them in half. |
| September 2018 | Tornado (EF2) | Morristown | - | A NWS storm survey, plus areal footage of drone, fixed wing aircraft, and satellite data, concluded that an EF2 tornado tracked nearly 5 miles from southwest of Morristown, north-northeast to just west and north of Cannon Lake before lifting. ||Tornado damage was consistent with EF2 damage with winds up to 130 mph, and a maximum path width of 300 yards. The worst damage occurred on the southeast side of Morristown. ||On the southeast side of Morristown, several family homes had large sections of roof structure removed, and a few had all their exterior walls collapsed. Only small interior rooms were intact. The remainder of the tornadic track was consistent with uprooted trees, power lines, corn and soy bean field damage, and outbuildings. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | A NWS storm survey, plus drone footage, concluded that damaging downburst winds, up to 95 mph, occurred from west of Horseshoe Lake on the southwest side of Rice county, then northeast to the southwest part of Roberds Lake. Damage was generally directed from west-southwest to east-northeast. ||The worst damage occurred to a home and outbuilding on the south side of Cedar Lake. Drone footage showed at this location that a metal roof and shed was blown over with wall panels pulled from the buildings. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | A storm chaser measured a wind gust of 58 mph in the city of Morristown. There was also several trees blown down in the city. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | Several reports of downed trees, power lines and power outages occurred from Morristown, northeast toward the city of Faribault. Some of the spotters measured wind gusts of 59 and 62 mph. |
| June 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Morristown | - | The tornado originated in Le Sueur County and continued in Rice County. It occasionally touched down, knocking over a few trees and breaking some large limbs. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | A measured wind gust occurred in the city of Morrisville. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Morristown | - | In addition to quarter size hail, winds were measured at 51 mph in Morristown. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | Numerous corn fields flattened throughout town. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | Trees down near Highway 60. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | Several large hay bales blown across road. An 18 inch diameter tree blown down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | Thirty foot pine tree uprooted. Eighteen inch diameter tree toppled. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | Numerous corn fields flattened throughout town. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | Scattered trees were downed. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | A 121-year-old barn was blown down along Highway 72 in Morristown Township, Section 14. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | Numerous trees were downed onto homes, streets, and yards. Several homes sustained significant roof damage and broken windows. A fallen tree punched a hole in the roof and a branch stuck through into an upstairs bedroom at a home on Division Street South. A person sleeping in a bed below the hole was awakened when insulation fell on them but was otherwise unharmed. A trampoline in the yard was thrown with such force that it bent a fence. A town resident said the high winds lasted for nearly 15 minutes. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | Trees up to 3 feet in diameter were downed. |
| September 2004 | Hail | Morristown | - | Dime sized hail fell near Upper and Lower Lake Sakatah. |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Morristown | - | Multiple vortex tornado crossed open fields. Continuation of tornado from Le Sueur County. |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Morristown | - | Trees down in Camp Omega. Continuation of tornado from Le Sueur County. |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Morristown | - | Few trees felled. Tornado cut swath through bean field. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Morristown | - | 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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | John Hutchinson House | 5.6 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004074 in Record Group 79. |
| Rice County | All 76 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.