Old Mill at Montauk State Park

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

One of 8 National Register listings published here for Dent County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. Off MO 119, Salem, 65560
When was it listed? June 1985
Category. building
Also known as. ECW Architecture in Missouri State Parks 1933-1942 TR
Township. Current township
National Register reference number. 85001478 - 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Old Mill at Montauk State Park between 1992 and 2017, burning about 482 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 burning	13
Arson/incendiarism	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
18 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ozark National Scenic River	CEDAR GROVE HAYBALES
23 August 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
4 July 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
31 July 1999	Arson/incendiarism	275 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
22 July 2017	Debris and open burning	4.6 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
1 July 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Ozark National Scenic River	BIGCREEK
23 May 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
22 May 1994	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Every fire recorded in Dent County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Old Mill at Montauk State Park: 8 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Montauk Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Shafer Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Unknown - Iron	Iron	Prospect
Unknown - Iron	Iron	Past Producer
Unknown - Iron	Iron	Past Producer
Unknown - Iron	Iron	Past Producer
Unknown - Iron	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Dent County

Storms near this property

60 of 123 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salem, the town this property stands in, in 123 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 47 thunderstorm wind, 47 hail, 13 flash flood, 9 heavy rain. 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 2017	Flash Flood	Salem	$1,000,000	Several homes and business sustained flood damage across Dent County. Numerous roads and bridges were severely damaged or washed away across the county. This report will contain the total dollar estimate for flood damage to infrastructure, businesses and homes across Dent County.
May 2025	Tornado (EF0)	Salem	$55,000	A NWS storm survey determined that an EF-0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 80 mph developed just south of Salem off of State Highway Z and traveled northeast, ending east of Salem near County Road 4185. Numerous trees were uprooted and barns were damaged.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$50,000	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts uprooted several trees and snapped power poles over much of Dent County according to the emergency manager. A convenience store in Salem sustained roof damage.
March 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$30,000	Several residences in Salem city limits had roof damage, a few duplex style residences had the majority of shingles blown off the roofs. A large section of privacy fence knocked over in the city limits of Salem.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$25,000	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the city along with power outages. Winds were estimated up to 80 mph.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$15,000	Numerous tree limbs and several power lines were reported down in Salem.
March 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$10,000	A resident west of Salem suffered a collapsed gazebo and roof ripped off their hay barn, ruining all their hay.
April 2002	Hail	Salem	$10,000	no account filed
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$10,000	no account filed
January 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$8,000	no account filed
April 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$5,000	A couple of trees and power lines were blown down in Salem.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$5,000	Several large trees were reported down across County Road 2240. Roof and deck damage were also reported to a home in that area.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$5,000	Emergency manager estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph. Several trees and power lines were blown down in the city of Salem. A tree fell on a house.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$5,000	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts blew a roof off of a large shed.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$5,000	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few power lines over central Dent County.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$5,000	Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few power lines.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$5,000	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few power poles north of Salem.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$5,000	Wind gusts as high as 60 mph damaged some roofs and tore off shingles in the Salem area.
June 1994	Hail	Salem	$5,000	The public reported golf ball size hail along Highway 68 in extreme northern Dent County at 0335 CST. Golf ball-size hail and wind gusts to 65 mph were reported in Salem by the county sheriff, and numerous large trees were blown down near Bunkner.
April 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$5,000	The county sheriff's office reported 1.00-inch-diameter hail at the north edge of the Montauk State Park. Power lines were also knocked down south of Salem.
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$5,000	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$5,000	no account filed
November 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$5,000	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$3,000	no account filed
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$1,000	Several reports of limbs down and objects blown around were received around the town of Salem. Reports were received via social media.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$1,000	A power pole was snapped and power lines blown down on the west side of town.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$1,000	Some parts of a metal roof was blown off a building near Highway 32 and Highway 72. Two signs were blown down near Highway 72 and Highway H.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$1,000	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a shed and downed trees and powerlines in the city of Salem.
November 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$1,000	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a power pole.
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$1,000	Tree fell on house, damaging a corner of the roof.
November 1997	Hail	Salem	$1,000	State Trooper reported minor damage to car.
April 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$500	A shed was blown over and a tree was downed across the road on County Road 2240.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$500	Several large trees were knocked down over the western parts of the county.
June 1994	Hail	Salem	$500	The county sheriff reported golf ball-size hail and wind gusts to 60 mph near the intersection of Highway 72 and County Road C.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$500	The county sheriff reported golf ball-size hail and wind gusts to 60 mph near the intersection of Highway 72 and County Road C.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$500	The public reported golf ball size hail along Highway 68 in extreme northern Dent County at 0335 CST. Golf ball-size hail and wind gusts to 65 mph were reported in Salem by the county sheriff, and numerous large trees were blown down near Bunkner.
November 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$500	The County Sheriff reported numerous trees knocked down west of Salem along Highway 32.
April 1996	Hail	Salem	$500	no account filed
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$300	Several large trees were knocked down.
April 2025	Hail	Salem	-	Quarter sized hail was reported.
March 2025	Hail	Salem	-	Hail to the size of quarters fell just south of Salem.
June 2025	Hail	Salem	-	Hail to the size of quarters fell near Salem.
April 2024	Flood	Salem	-	County Road 3220 at Spring Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2024	Hail	Salem	-	Quarter sized hail was reported.
April 2024	Hail	Salem	-	Quarter sized hail was reported.
September 2024	Heavy Rain	Salem	-	A 24 hour rainfall total of 3.68 inches fell east of Salem. This rainfall fell during the period of September 22 and September 23.
September 2024	Heavy Rain	Salem	-	A 24 hour rainfall total of 3.75 inches fell in Salem. This rainfall fell during the period of September 22 and September 23.
November 2024	Heavy Rain	Salem	-	CoCoRaHS station MO-FSA-065 located 1.8 miles northwest of Salem measured a 2-day rainfall total of 11.99 inches.
November 2024	Heavy Rain	Salem	-	Mesonet station DW1779 in Salem measured a 24-hour rainfall total of 8.41 inches.
November 2024	Heavy Rain	Salem	-	The CoCoRaHS station MO-DT-14 located 3.5 miles east of Salem measured a 2-day rainfall total of 12.05 inches.
November 2024	Flood	Salem	-	Social media report of flooded roads in northeast Salem.
March 2023	Flood	Salem	-	Street flooding was reported due to heavy rainfall.
April 2023	Hail	Salem	-	Quarter sized hail was reported via MPing.
July 2023	Hail	Salem	-	Quarter sized hail was reported.
August 2022	Flash Flood	Salem	-	Spring Creek was reported out of its banks and over the low water bridge.
August 2020	Hail	Salem	-	Penny size hail was reported.
August 2020	Hail	Salem	-	Half dollar sized hail was reported.
August 2020	Flash Flood	Salem	-	Numerous city streets were reported flooded and impassable.
August 2020	Flash Flood	Salem	-	Spring Creek flooded a section of Iron Mountain Road from heavy rain that fell in a two hour period.
July 2019	Heavy Rain	Salem	-	A 24 hour rainfall of 5.10 inches was measured.

Every storm recorded in Dent 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Montauk State Park Open Shelter	0.2 miles	1985
Dam and Spillway in the Hatchery Area at Montauk State Park	0.3 miles	1985
Lower Parker School	3.4 miles	1991
Nichols Farm District	3.5 miles	1989

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 85001478 in Record Group 79.
Dent County	All 8 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.