Mill Pond

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“Mill Pond, also known as Toliver Pond, is a historic natural pond located at Grandin, Carter County, Missouri. It is approximately 180 meters east of Grandin city limits at 3rd Street.”
Wikipedia article Mill Pond (Grandin, Missouri), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 27 National Register listings published here for Carter County · listed in 1980 · category: Site.

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

The listing

Address. Off MO 21, Grandin, 63943
When was it listed? October 1980
Category. site
Also known as. Missouri Lumber and Mining Company MRA
Township. Johnson township
National Register reference number. 80002338 - 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Mill Pond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 564 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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	24
Arson/incendiarism	6
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
6 September 1999	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
1 August 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	20 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
28 July 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	60 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
16 May 1997	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
5 April 2000	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
4 April 2000	Debris and open burning	45 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
28 April 1997	Debris and open burning	14 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
20 April 1997	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Mill Pond: 6 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Mine # 21	Iron	Prospect
Tract # 17	Iron	Prospect
Tract # 18	Iron	Prospect
Tract # 19	Iron	Prospect
Tract # 20	Iron	Past Producer
Tract # 5	Iron	Prospect
Tract # 6	Iron	Prospect

Every working recorded in Carter County

Storms near this property

21 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grandin, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 tornado, 3 flood. 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
May 2011	Tornado (EF3)	Grandin	$300,000	The tornado reached its peak intensity about a mile east of Ellsinore, where an unanchored modular home with a conventionally-built addition was almost entirely blown away and carried an unknown distance. Several large oak trees were nubbed out. Several homes east of Ellsinore received moderate to major damage. The wall of one house was blown off, along with the back of the roof. Hundreds of trees were blown down. In the Grandin area, two mobile homes were destroyed, and a school suffered major damage, including the loss of an entire roof system. Hundreds of acres of large trees were uprooted or snapped. Between Grandin and Ellsinore, telephone poles were snapped and several cows were killed. A National Weather Service damage survey team found the presence of suction vortices east of Ellsinore. The suction vortices were reported by at least one trained spotter during the tornado. A national television crew aired video of the tornado in progress near Ellsinore. Peak winds were estimated near 150 mph. The average path width was 200 yards. The tornado path continued into Wayne County.
May 2020	Tornado (EF0)	Grandin	$75,000	The EF-0 tornado along the southern border of Carter County contained estimated peak winds of 85 mph, uprooting or damaging dozens of trees along its path. On Highway 21 between Grandin and the Ripley County line, the tornado pushed over several wooden electrical poles. The tornado also removed a small section of the roof of a manufactured home. The tornado was along the northern edge of a macroburst that was primarily over northern Ripley County.
June 2008	Tornado (EF1)	Grandin	$50,000	The tornado touched down near the Grandin City Park on the east side of Grandin. A few trees were blown down at the ball fields. The tornado continued east, affecting two residences along County Road 247 just east of town. One house sustained moderate shingle damage. A second house sustained major roof damage. A large barn was heavily damaged, with one wall and door blown off. Large sections of roof were missing. Numerous large trees were snapped or uprooted. Trees on the south side of the track were laying in a northwest direction. South to north striations were easily visible in tall field grass. Several eyewitnesses clearly indicated a funnel cloud touched down. The track end point was estimated due to the fact the damage path continued into woods and fields that were inaccessible by vehicle. Peak wind speeds were estimated at 90 mph. The average path width was 75 yards.
May 2011	Flood	Grandin	$30,000	no account filed
March 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Grandin	$20,000	no account filed
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Grandin	$5,000	Uprooted trees and broken branches marked the beginning of a 19-mile long macroburst that was primarily over far northern Ripley County.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Grandin	$3,000	Numerous tree limbs were blown down. Most of the community was without power.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Grandin	$3,000	Trees were blown down.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Grandin	$1,000	A medium to large-size tree was uprooted.
February 2023	Flood	Grandin	-	High water from the Little Black River flooded County Road 240. Rainfall amounts from 3 to 3.5 inches were reported in the region over the 24-hour period.
January 2013	Flood	Grandin	-	Flooding of Ten Mile Creek closed Route K.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Grandin	-	Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph by law enforcement officers.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Grandin	-	Trees were blown down.
November 2005	Flash Flood	Grandin	-	An intersection in town was impassable due to fast-moving floodwaters.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Grandin	-	Numerous trees were blown down.
April 2002	Hail	Grandin	-	Dime size hail persisted for 10 minutes at the city hall.
April 2011	Hail	Grandin	-	no account filed
February 2007	Hail	Grandin	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Grandin	-	no account filed
March 2004	Hail	Grandin	-	no account filed
March 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Grandin	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carter 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Lawrence Smith House	0.4 miles	1980
James Hinton House	0.4 miles	1980
Alvis Powers House	0.4 miles	1980
Mrs. Louis Bedell House	0.5 miles	1980
Ernie Phillips House	0.5 miles	1980
Earl Boyer House	0.5 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80002338 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Carter County	All 27 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.