BlockFrom the record
One of 4 National Register listings published here for Hubbard County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Louis J. Moser House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Moser, Louis J., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Off CR 90, Nevis, 56467
- When was it listed? April 1979
- Category. building
- Township. Thorpe township
- National Register reference number. 79001250 - 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
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Louis J. Moser House between 1992 and 2019, burning about 76 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2012 | Natural | 16 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2013 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | not named |
| 2 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this property
28 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nevis, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 18 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevis | 1 hurt, $70,000 | A large recreational vehicle was overturned a complete revolution in the wind with 2 people inside. The woman sustained a cut on her head. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevis | $750,000 | Several large trees were blown down, which blocked highway 13. Power lines and power poles were also blown down. Boats and docks received damage on area lakes. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Nevis | $300,000 | A tornado tracked for about 1.5 miles to around 2 miles southeast of Nevis by 717 pm CDT. Several large trees were uprooted or knocked down along a path which crossed county road 13 south of state highway 34. Peak winds were estimated to 90 mph. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevis | $50,000 | Three buildings at Nevis Lumber sustained damage. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevis | $30,000 | Many large trees were blown down around Nevis. One tree fell on a house. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Nevis | $20,000 | Dime to quarter size hail fell from 7:20 PM to 7:26 PM. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevis | $15,000 | Numerous trees were blown down, also knocking down power lines. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevis | $5,000 | A large pine tree fell on a lake cabin, damaging the roof and destroying the deck. A van parked next to the cabin was also damaged. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevis | $500 | Trees were flattened in Nevis. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Nevis | - | Photo of quarter sized hail in Nevis city limits. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Nevis | - | Public relays photo of half dollar sized hail via social media. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevis | - | Trees were blown down at Shallow Lake. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevis | - | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79001250 in Record Group 79. |
| Hubbard County | All 4 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.