BlockFrom the record
One of 10 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 2022 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Waggener Dairy Barn
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.
The listing
- Address. 1700 Boyce Ln., Festus, 63028
- When was it listed? February 2022
- Category. building
- Township. Plattin township
- National Register reference number. 100006081 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
76 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Waggener Dairy Barn between 1997 and 2020, burning about 304 acres in total. 2 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 30 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 29 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Waggener Dairy Barn: 18 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selma Quarry Ls & Ss & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay | Producer | ||
| Yankee Diggings | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unimin Mine | Silica | Producer | ||
| Unimin Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| How's Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Mccormick Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead & Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Arrowhead Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
43 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Festus, the town this property stands in, in 43 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 27 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2001 | Lightning | Festus | $15,000 | Lightning struck the Danby-Rush Tower Middle School south of Festus causing considerable to the telephone system. The strike apparently came in through the telephone lines and and knocked out the computerized switchboard. Other parts of the computer system were also damaged. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Festus | $5,000 | County officials reported golf ball-size hail southwest of Festus. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Festus | $5,000 | The public reported golf ball-size hail but reported damage was minor, limited to mainly automobiles. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Festus | - | Trained spotter reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust on I-55 just south of Exit 175. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Festus | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees in a small residential area and throughout Sunset Park in Festus. Some siding was also removed from a home. Damage appears to be from a microburst. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Festus | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and power lines, as well as numerous large tree limbs. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F3) | Festus | - | The second Jefferson County tornado first formed about 9:42 pm CST about 8.5 miles south southeast of Festus, near Interstate 55 where it sheared off the tops of several trees. The tornado then hit a small subdivision on the east side of the highway destroying three homes. The tornado crossed Highway 61 and destroyed another home and caused one minor injury. The tornado continued northeast causing minor to moderate damage to homes and outbuildings. At it approached the Mississippi River, the tornado blew down two high power electric transmission towers. It then crossed the river into Monroe County Illinois. The Jefferson County portion of the tornado track was about 3.1 miles with a maximum width of 200 yards and a F3 rating. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Festus | - | The first of three tornadoes from a supercell thunderstorm occurred about 9 miles south of Festus on the north side of Route TT were several trees were blown over. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Festus | - | Golfball sized hail was reported at the intersection of I-55 and Hwy 61. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Festus | - | Amateur radio spotters reported 1 inch hail. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Festus | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed some large tree limbs and power lines. A couple of mobile homes at a mobile home sales lot were also damaged. |
| August 2006 | Lightning | Festus | - | A mobile home at a mobile home sales lot was destroyed by a fire started by a lightning strike. A home nearby was also struck by lightning resulting in a fire in the attic causing extensive damage. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Festus | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed some tree limbs resulting in power outages in Festus and surrounding areas. About 4000 people lost power for about 5 hours. |
| November 2005 | Lightning | Festus | - | A lightning strike knocked down a 12 foot section of a concrete block retaining wall at a home in rural Festus. The strike also damaged an electric transformer and the electrical systems of 3 homes in the area. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Festus | - | The Missouri Highway Patrol reported 1 inch hail. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Festus | - | Reported by local media and the county sheriff's department. |
| February 2023 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| October 2019 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Festus | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Festus | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Festus | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Festus | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Festus | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Festus | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Hail | Festus | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Festus | - | 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 100006081 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 10 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.