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Photograph of Cabins Historic District
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Cabins Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

From the record

“Cabins Historic District is a national historic district located near Novinger, Adair County, Missouri. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings, three contributing sites, four contributing structures, and one contributing object in a relatively isolated area near Novinger.”

Wikipedia article Cabins Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 21 National Register listings published here for Adair County · listed in 1979 · category: District.

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

The listing

  • Address. S of Novinger off MO 6, Novinger, 63501
  • When was it listed? July 1979
  • Category. district
  • Township. Benton township
  • National Register reference number. 79001344 - 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

8 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Cabins Historic District between 1992 and 2019, burning about 184 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
8 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1992Debris and open burning82 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1992Arson/incendiarism70 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 April 2019Debris and open burning21 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179302-00000-04262019-1250
2 April 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 March 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 March 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Every fire recorded in Adair County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Cabins Historic District: 13 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Chariton River Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Adair County

Storms near this property

25 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Novinger, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 17 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
April 2002HailNovinger1 hurt, $15,000A man caught outside during the hailstorm received bruises on his arm.
July 2008FloodNovinger$300,000The Chariton River near Novinger, had its third highest crest on record,|28.44 feet. Several hundred acres of low lying farm land was inundated. Five homes in Novinger suffered total loss.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindNovinger-Downed trees and wires near Rolling Hills Road. Time estimated from radar and outage report.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindNovinger-A storm spotter estimated 60 mph wind.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindNovinger-An estimated 60 mph wind gust was reported.
June 2009Heavy RainNovinger-Novinger automated DCP gage, measured 3.04 inches of rain, in a three hour period.
July 2008Heavy RainNovinger-Storm total rainfall was 7.84 inches.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindNovinger-Tree limbs up to 10 inches in diameter snapped off from thunderstorm winds.
May 1997HailNovinger-Spotters and a Kirksville radio station reported dime to nickel-size hail near Novinger, Greentop and Kirksville.
June 2015HailNovinger-no account filed
April 2015HailNovinger-no account filed
June 2011HailNovinger-no account filed
July 2011HailNovinger-no account filed
September 2010HailNovinger-no account filed
June 2009HailNovinger-no account filed
February 2007HailNovinger-no account filed
April 2007HailNovinger-no account filed
April 2007HailNovinger-no account filed
August 2007HailNovinger-no account filed
July 2006HailNovinger-no account filed
July 2006HailNovinger-no account filed
April 2002HailNovinger-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindNovinger-no account filed
September 2001HailNovinger-no account filed
October 2001HailNovinger-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Adair 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

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Thousand Hills State Park Petroglyphs Archeological Site2.9 miles1970
Bear Creek Baptist Church4.0 miles1984
Salisbury School4.3 miles2017
Journal Printing Company Building5.3 miles2011
Lincoln School5.4 miles2017
Travelers Hotel5.5 miles2009

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79001344 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Adair CountyAll 21 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.