BlockFrom the record
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Nobles County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Siemer Silo and Barn
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Co. Hwy. 19, Ellsworth, 56110
- When was it listed? May 1980
- Category. building
- Also known as. Nobles County MRA
- Township. Grand Prairie township
- National Register reference number. 80002095 - 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.
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Siemer Silo and Barn: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnerud Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| K Foster Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| W & V Foster | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
47 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellsworth, the town this property stands in, in 47 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 26 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 3 tornado. 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 2024 | Flood | Ellsworth | $3,600,000 | Rainfall amounts across Nobles County from June 20-22 ranged from 4 to 10 inches. This rainfall resulted in widespread overland flooding across the county. Okabena Lake in Worthington also overflowed its banks, flooding the downtown area and residential properties surrounding the lake. ||During peak flooding, there were 3 swift water rescues and a reported 6 stalled vehicles. Three apartment buildings and one home in Worthington needed to be evacuated, impacting 35 individuals. County-wide, 350 individuals reported flood damage. Of these, 5 residences were declared destroyed, 55 with major damage, and another 250 with minor damage. ||There were 150 locations that reported flood damage to roads, culverts, and bridges. There were also 40 drainage ditches with major damages. Among numerous township, county, and state roads that were closed and damaged, Interstate 90 was also closed with water over the roadbed in many locations for up to 3 days. Seven of eleven municipalities declared flood damages. The Adrian School District reported water damage to 2 school facilities and there also were collapsed sewer pipes within the city. Preliminary damage assessments estimate loss to public infrastructure to be 3.6 million dollars. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Ellsworth | $316,000 | Flooding resulted in extensive damage to public infrastructure including numerous county and township roads, culverts, and some bridges. The property damage costs include estimates for public property losses. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused severe damage to at least two farms. Barns at both farms were completely destroyed, as were two vehicles in one of the barns. There was also damage to houses, equipment, and trees on the farms. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a small building. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | - | Photo was provided of some significant tree damage on the edge of Ellsworth with up to one foot diameter tree limbs snapped off. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Ellsworth | - | A tornado developed 4 miles north-northeast of Ellsworth, just south of 290th Street west of Chaney Avenue, and tracked eastward around one-half mile before dissipating. Damage was limited to a tree line where several trees were snapped and gnarled. The estimated maximum wind speed was 72 mph and the average path width was 50 yards. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | Wind gusts to around 50 mph reported with the hail. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Ellsworth | - | Rainfall report of 3.20 inches from the public through social media. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | Heavy damage to crops. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Ellsworth | - | During crop planting season, prolonged flooding led to the loss of or inability to plant crops across the area. Crop loss estimates provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| September 2019 | Flood | Ellsworth | - | Flooding resulted in crop losses across the area. Crop loss estimates provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | Report via social media. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | - | Did not result in any known damage. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Ellsworth | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding of several gravel and paved rural roads. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage and picked up debris. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | Large hail dented vehicles. The amount of damage was not known. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | Large hail whitened the ground, and was accompanied by damaging winds. Crops in the area were damaged, but the amount of crop damage was not known. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. The damaging winds were accompanied by large hail. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | Large hail damaged crops, and broke windows on at least one home. The amount of crop damage and property damage was not known. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | Large hail, mostly of nickel to quarter size, but with some of golf ball size, covered the ground and caused crop damage. The amount of crop damage was not known. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Ellsworth | - | Heavy rain caused flooding of low areas, including fields and roads. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Ellsworth | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Ellsworth | - | A brief tornado caused minor tree damage. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | Large hail dented vehicles and damaged area crops. The amount of damage was not known. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | Large hail dented vehicles and damaged area crops. The amount of damage was not known. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Church of St. Adrian-Catholic | 5.5 miles | 1980 |
| Adrian State Bank | 5.7 miles | 1980 | |
 | Slade Hotel | 5.7 miles | 1975 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80002095 in Record Group 79. |
| Nobles County | All 13 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.
- 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.