Built in 1941 (National Park Service rustic). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
One of 8 National Register listings published here for Monroe County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1941, National Park Service rustic.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
This property stands in Jefferson Township. History of Monroe and Shelby Counties, Missouri, published 1884 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers jefferson aad ladiao creek towaships, physical features, old settlers, florida.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Jefferson Township - 3,218 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Mark Twain State Park Picnic Shelter at Buzzard's Roost between 1992 and 1997, burning about 43 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 June 1992 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 February 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 December 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 October 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mark Twain State Park Picnic Shelter at Buzzard's Roost: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcclain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santa Fe, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Fe | $5,000 | Shingles were blown off at least one house and 1 inch diameter tree limbs were broken. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Fe | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Fe | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Santa Fe | - | Up to 5 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. U.S. Highway 24 just west of Stoutsville had a foot of water over it at the Otter Creek bridge. |
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Santa Fe | - | A tornado briefly touched down in an open field and traveled to the east. It bent one power pole, blew down several large tree limbs and a couple of trees before lifting and dissipating. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | Hail ranged in size from three-quarters inch to one and one-quarter inches. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Merritt Violette House | 1.5 miles | 1983 |
 | Mark Twain Birthplace Cabin | 3.6 miles | 1969 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85000515 in Record Group 79. |
| Monroe County | All 8 listed properties in this county. |
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