BlockFrom the record
One of 5 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
George M. Moore Farmstead
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Moore, George M., Farmstead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Off Co. Hwy. 4, Jackson, 56143
- When was it listed? January 1987
- Category. building
- Township. Middletown township
- National Register reference number. 86003604 - 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
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of George M. Moore Farmstead between 2014 and 2019, burning about 74 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Wetland Management District | KETTELSON |
| 25 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Windom Wetland Management District | LOON LAKE |
| 5 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 George M. Moore Farmstead: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.
Storms near this property
60 of 62 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jackson, the town this property stands in, in 62 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 35 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a few trees blown down. One of the trees severely damaged a van when it fell, with several other vehicles receiving minor damage from wind blown debris. The winds damaged crops in the area, but the amount of crop damage was not known. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused extensive tree damage, with tree debris blocking several roads. Power lines were also damaged. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several trees blown down. Falling trees damaged two campers at Brown Park. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including trees of unknown size blown down. A camper was damaged by tree debris near Loon Lake. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds of unknown speed blew down several trees including one, two and one-half feet in diameter. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds, measured by privately owned equipment, cracked windows in a house. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Jackson | - | Occasional hail fell over a long period, at times reaching as large as penny to quarter size. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | - | Thunderstorm winds downed wrist-sized branches, with one 8-inch diameter tree trunk snapped. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Jackson | - | Wind driven hail cracked windows. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several trees blown down. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Jackson | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | - | Thunderstorm winds flattened corn and damaged a light pole. |
| April 2006 | Flash Flood | Jackson | - | Heavy rainfall of 2 to 4 inches caused flooding of the West Fork Des Moines River, and also caused lowland, basement, and street flooding. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | - | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree and crop damage, including 8 inch diameter trees blown down. The crop damage was most severe to corn, with soybean crops expected to show a greater recovery. The winds also caused a steel culvert, which was 50 feet long and 6 feet in diameter, to roll over a half mile. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Jackson | - | Heavy rain caused flooding of numerous streets, stranding several vehicles. |
| May 2005 | Flash Flood | Jackson | - | Heavy rain caused a mudslide on Jackson County Road 23, with water and mud up to three feet deep. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a few large trees blown down. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Jackson | - | Large hail covered the ground and knocked small branches off of trees. The hail caused crop damage, but the amount of crop damage was not known. |
| July 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Jackson | - | A tornado developed over open country and caused no reported damage before crossing into Martin County. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Jackson | - | Hail wiped out over 640 acres of corn and beans in southwest Jackson County. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Jackson | - | Hail caused undetermined crop damage. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Jackson | - | A number of grain bins were blown over and many acres of crops were damaged by strong thrunderstorms winds and hail. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | - | A number of grain bins were blown over and many acres of crops were damaged by strong thrunderstorms winds and hail. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | - | A 240-foot-long pole building under construction was blown down as well as several trees. Steele County Meriden,17,1645CST,,,0,0,2,0,Thunderstorm Winds Powerful thunderstorm winds blew over a large shed, along with numerous power lines. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| March 2022 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Flood | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Jackson | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District No. 92 School | 4.2 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86003604 in Record Group 79. |
| Jackson County | All 5 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.