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Iberia Academy and Junior College

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“Iberia Academy and Junior College are historic school buildings located at Iberia, Miller County, Missouri. The four buildings are the dormitory (1905), the administration building (1922-1924), the gymnasium (1927), and "president's home" (1888).”

Wikipedia article Iberia Academy and Junior College, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Miller County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. SR 17 and SR 42, Iberia, 65486
  • When was it listed? September 1980
  • Category. building
  • Township. Richwoods township
  • National Register reference number. 80002379 - 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

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Iberia Academy and Junior College between 1992 and 2020, burning about 289 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3

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
27 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
14 September 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 August 2003Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230688-06632-07032020-2027
29 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 July 2005Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
14 July 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Every fire recorded in Miller County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Iberia Academy and Junior College: 23 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Henry Carroll MineClayPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Abbott BankIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miller County

Storms near this property

60 of 69 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Iberia, the town this property stands in, in 69 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 34 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026HailIberia$7,000,000A slow moving elevated severe thunderstorm produced hail from the size of quarters up to tennis balls, 3 inches, in size as it moved across the city of Iberia. Significant damage to roofs, vehicles, and other structures occurred. This swath of hail was nearly 3 miles in length with hail falling for as much as 25 minutes across portions of the city.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindIberia$40,000High winds peeled metal roofing off a few buildings and blew the roofing into a nearby field. Power was reported out in Iberia.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindIberia$25,000Multiple power outages were reported with power lines down.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindIberia$18,000no account filed
August 2001Tornado (F0)Iberia$10,000no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindIberia$5,000A large tree was blown over onto a home in Iberia causing minor damage.
March 2010Thunderstorm WindIberia$5,000Minor damage was reported to the roof of one home and a trampoline was thrown across Highway BB.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindIberia$5,000Strong winds snapped several large tree limbs. Downed power lines resulted in loss of electricity to St. Elizabeth.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindIberia$1,000A weather observer reported a couple trees blown down.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindIberia$500Large trees were blown down from Iberia to the Pulaski County line.
April 2026HailIberia-Tennis ball sized hail was reported.
April 2026HailIberia-Hen egg sized hail was reported.
April 2026HailIberia-Golf ball sized hail was reported.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindIberia-A large tree was reported down across parts of Highway EE.
April 2025Flash FloodIberia-Route K at Tavern Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2025Flash FloodIberia-Route K at Carroll Creek was flooded and impassable.
June 2025Flash FloodIberia-Water was over K Highway at Little Tavern Creek near Iberia.
April 2024FloodIberia-Route K at Carroll Creek was closed from Tavern Creek Road to Highway 17 due to flooding.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindIberia-Report of measured 65 mph winds in Iberia.
November 2024Thunderstorm WindIberia-Report of estimated 60 mph wind gusts in Iberia.
November 2018Tornado (EF0)Iberia-A NWS survey team determined that an EF-0 landspout producing around 60 mph winds briefly touched down 2 miles south of Iberia near Pear Orchard Road. A large tree was broken off near its base in an area where multiple eye witnesses witnessed the touchdown. The KSGF 88D radar did note a CC drop in that same area.
September 2018Heavy RainIberia-The Co-Op Observer at IBEM7 in Iberia measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 2.94 inches.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindIberia-There were numerous trees and large limbs blown down on Fairview and Sequoia Road in Iberia.
December 2015Heavy RainIberia-There was a report of 5.40 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindIberia-A few large tree branches were reported down via social media.
March 2013FloodIberia-Route K in southeastern Miller County was closed in the vicinity of Little Tavern Creek due to flooding.
August 2013Flash FloodIberia-Route K near Little Tavern Creek was closed to traffic due to flooding.
April 2012FloodIberia-Route K was closed due to high water.
January 2012HailIberia-Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported.
February 2011FloodIberia-Route K was flooded at Tavern Creek.
May 2011Heavy RainIberia-A total rainfall of 3.20 inches was measured from multiple rounds of thunderstorms.
May 2010Flash FloodIberia-Numerous roads and low water crossings were flooded and impassable to motorists.
April 2005Flash FloodIberia-Several bridges and low water crossings along the Tavern Creek and Little Tavern Creek in far southeast Miller County were impassable from flash flooding.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindIberia-Thunderstorm wind gusts caused tree damage and power outages.
August 1997Flash FloodIberia-Highway 17 was briefly flooded near the intersection of Highway K.
September 2017HailIberia-no account filed
May 2013HailIberia-no account filed
January 2012HailIberia-no account filed
March 2012HailIberia-no account filed
March 2012HailIberia-no account filed
April 2008HailIberia-no account filed
August 2008Thunderstorm WindIberia-no account filed
August 2008HailIberia-no account filed
April 2007HailIberia-no account filed
April 2007HailIberia-no account filed
May 2006HailIberia-no account filed
April 2005HailIberia-no account filed
April 2005HailIberia-no account filed
June 2005HailIberia-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindIberia-no account filed
September 2005HailIberia-no account filed
May 2004HailIberia-no account filed
May 2004HailIberia-no account filed
June 2004HailIberia-no account filed
May 2004HailIberia-no account filed
May 2004HailIberia-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindIberia-no account filed
March 2003HailIberia-no account filed
March 2003HailIberia-no account filed
May 2003Tornado (F0)Iberia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Miller 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80002379 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Miller CountyAll 9 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.