Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
From the record
“Culbertson-Head Farmstead is a historic home, farm, and national historic district located near Palmyra, Marion County, Missouri. The house was built about 1854-1855, and is a two-story, L-shaped, Greek Revival style brick dwelling.”
Wikipedia article Culbertson-Head Farmstead, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 39 National Register listings published here for Marion County · listed in 2008 · category: District.
National Register reference number.08000838- 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
23 since 1995
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Culbertson-Head Farmstead
between 1995 and 2020, burning about 49 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
14
Debris and open burning
4
Fireworks
2
Other causes
1
Power generation/transmission/distribution
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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
5 workings within 5 miles of Culbertson-Head Farmstead: 4 past producers, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Palmyra, the town this property stands in, in 59 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 30 thunderstorm wind, 27 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning.
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.
Thunderstorm winds knocked a large tree onto power lines at the intersection of Hamilton and Dickerson in Palmyra. This caused a power outage that affected about 100 residences.
The tornado initially touched down near the intersection of West Church Street and South Breckenridge Avenue with minor tree damage. As the tornado travelled to the east northeast, additional tree damage occurred in a residential area near the far western end of West Lafayette Street. The tornado then caused damage to 3 large corrigated buildings on South Bradley Street between West Lafayette Street and West Main Cross Street. Tree and power line damage was also observed in this area. The tornado caused minor roof damage to a store on Main Street before lifting and dissipating.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down several power lines around town. Also, several power poles were leaning on the west side of town. A large tree was blown down, as well as numerous tree limbs.
Widespread wind damage across the central sections of Marion County. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. Some of the debris landed on roads blocking them.
The county sheriff reported several large trees down along Highways 24 and 61 south of Palmyra. Two large 10- by 10-foot signs were blown down in the southern part of the county several minutes later.
Lightning struck a tree next to a house in rural Palmyra. The lightning then travelled into the house at the breaker box in the basement. It caught fire, but the family heard the lightning strike and was able to put out the fire before it spread further. No injuries were reported.
The county sheriff reported several large trees down along Highways 24 and 61 south of Palmyra. Two large 10- by 10-foot signs were blown down in the southern part of the county several minutes later.
Softball size hail fell just south of Palmyra. A Quincy television station obtained video of the hail. The hail consisted of smaller hailstones clumped together.
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 miles
Other 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.
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.
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