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Photograph of Moberly Commercial Historic District
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Moberly Commercial Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

From the record

“Moberly Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri. The district encompasses 89 contributing buildings in the central business district of Moberly.”

Wikipedia article Moberly Commercial Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Randolph County · listed in 2012 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Fires near this property

34 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Moberly Commercial Historic District between 1999 and 2020, burning about 131 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning10
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use35 acresMissouri Department of Conservation210552-08854-07042020-1440
3 July 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 July 2018Smoking1.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178099-08853-07212018-2030
14 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Moberly Commercial Historic District: 19 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - ShaleClayPast Producer
Quality Stone Material Qry/MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph County

Storms near this property

60 of 85 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moberly, the town this property stands in, in 85 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 42 thunderstorm wind, 34 hail, 8 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1995Tornado (F3)Moberly$400,000A tornado touched down south of Moberly then moved through the eastern half of town. The tornado lifted approximately seven miles northeast of Moberly.
September 2004Flash FloodMoberly$20,000A thunderstorm produced torrential rains in a short period of time around the city of Moberly. Numerous homes and businesses sustained water damage. There were also several water rescues for stranded motorists.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMoberly$15,000A tractor trailer was blown over just south of town. A roof was blown off a house on Route JJ just west of town. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindMoberly$10,000Several large trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds with one large tree falling on a residential roof and nearby parked van. Also a backup communication tower for an ambulance company toppled over.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMoberly$2,000Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph. Electricity is out and branches and power lines have been blown down.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindMoberly$2,000Several large trees were downed and two highway road signs were blown over by the strong winds.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMoberly$1,000Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. The wind snapped off a two and a half foot diameter tree. The tree fell against a power pole and brought it and a power line down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Downed tree and wires near Logan Street in Moberly.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Downed tree and wires near Halleck Street.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Downed wires near Reed Street.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Downed wires southwest of Moberly.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph in Moberly with tree limbs downed.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Several 5 inch diameter tree limbs broke off a healthy tree.
March 2018Flash FloodMoberly-Several vehicles were stalled under the rail bridge on Route 63 in Moberly.
August 2018HailMoberly-Golf ball sized hail produced some damage to the siding.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Large tree limbs and power lines were down near Moberly.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Winds of 60-70 mph were reported by the public near Moberly.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Fire Station 2 in Moberly lost part of its roof and a tree was down blocking County Road 2360.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindMoberly-A storage building lost part of its roof and a shed was blwon into the street. Winds were estimated around 60 to 70 mph.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Power was out in Moberly due to several trees of unknown size or condition being down across the town.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Near Moberly a shed was blown away and a large 35 to 40 foot ball tree was blown down from winds that local AWOS reported as 68 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Several trees were damaged near Moberly between the town and route YY from AWOS measured 68 mph winds.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Winds were estimated to be 60 mph.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Sixty mph winds were estimated in the town of Moberly, MO. The winds knocked down a tree blocking Morley Street.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMoberly-A member of the public reported a 60 mph wind gust.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMoberly-A large tree was snapped and laying across McKinsey Street in Moberly.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 65 mph. Three inch tree limbs were reported down.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMoberly-The Moberly AWOS measured a 58 mph wind gust.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMoberly-A tree was blown down and blocked a road.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Thunderstorm winds were estimated to 60 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMoberly-A tree one foot in diameter was snapped off. Winds were estimated to 65 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMoberly-A couple of tree limbs up to 24 inches in diameter were snapped off. Numerous tree limbs 2 to 3 inches were reported down. Thunderstorm winds were estimated up to 70 mph.
July 2010Flash FloodMoberly-Flash flooding was reported at the intersection of Morley and Woodland Streets. Rainfall was reported at 2.75 inches, for a two hour period.
July 2010Flash FloodMoberly-High water closed the intersection of South Morley and Logan.
July 2008Flash FloodMoberly-Many roads and underpasses are reported to be flooded in Moberly.
July 2008Flash FloodMoberly-Water was reported over the road, along South Morley Street and Rollins Street. Cars were reported stalled in this area.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Trees were reported down.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Up to 15 trees were reported uprooted or damaged around Moberly.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Severe thunderstorm produced wind damage in the Moberly area. Two hangars were destroyed at the airport and two were damaged. A King Air turboprop was damaged. Numerous signs, trees, and power lines were downed in the city.
May 2003Flash FloodMoberly-Highway 24 at JJ reported flooded.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Large tree limbs down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMoberly-One foot in diameter tree reported down.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Large tree limbs were downed in Moberly.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Trees up to 4 feet in diameter were blown over.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Storm spotters estimated wind gusts at 65 mph.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Severe thunderstorm winds blew 2 large billboards down 5 miles northeast of Moberly.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMoberly-Severe thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 MPH at Moberly resulting in numerous reports of downed large trees.
June 1997Flash FloodMoberly-The Moberly Police Department reported numerous stalled cars from street flooding.
September 1995HailMoberly-30,1530CST,,,0,0,2K,0,Thunderstorm Winds A severe thunderstorm moved through Randolph County producing damaging winds which knocked down trees and power lines. In Moberly, dime-size hail was reported.
June 2022HailMoberly-no account filed
June 2021HailMoberly-no account filed
June 2020HailMoberly-no account filed
August 2019HailMoberly-no account filed
May 2018HailMoberly-no account filed
February 2017HailMoberly-no account filed
May 2017HailMoberly-no account filed
April 2014HailMoberly-no account filed
April 2014HailMoberly-no account filed
April 2014HailMoberly-no account filed
April 2013HailMoberly-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Randolph County

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

4 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Commerce Bank0.2 miles2022
Moberly Municipal Auditorium0.2 miles2022
Moberly Junior High School0.3 miles2008
Burkholder-O'Keefe House0.5 miles1989

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 12000592 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Randolph CountyAll 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.