Hosmer Dairy Farm Historic District

Built in 1900. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

From the record

“Hosmer Dairy Farm Historic District, also known as Walnut Springs Farm, is a historic dairy farm and national historic district located near Marshfield, Missouri, United States. The district contains two contributing buildings: a dairy barn with two attached silos and horse barn.”
Wikipedia article Hosmer Dairy Farm Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 3 National Register listings published here for Webster County · listed in 1996 · category: District · built in 1900.

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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. Co. Farm Rd. 522, approximately .5 mi. SW of jct. with MO Rt. E, Marshfield, 65706
When was it listed? May 1996
Category. district
Township. Grant township
When was it built? 1900
National Register reference number. 96000549 - 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

23 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Hosmer Dairy Farm Historic District between 1995 and 2020, burning about 242 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	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Equipment and vehicle use	5

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
25 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	261466-11201-09252020-1231
5 August 2014	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
5 July 2013	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
5 May 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	124110-03906-05052015-0958
5 May 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	124111-03906-05052015-1336
21 April 2018	Debris and open burning	11 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	177742-03905-04212018-1502
7 March 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	137205-11203-03072016-1735
5 March 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	190324-03906-03052020-1500

Every fire recorded in Webster County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hosmer Dairy Farm Historic District: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown - Iron	Iron	Past Producer
Unknown - Iron	Iron	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Webster County

Storms near this property

60 of 137 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marshfield, the town this property stands in, in 137 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 55 hail, 45 thunderstorm wind, 20 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
May 2024	Hail	Marshfield	$12,500,000	Hail sizes between 2 to 4 inches were reported across areas that included Marshfield. 300 homes at an average of $32,000 suffered damages to siding, roofs and windows, and 350 cars were damaged, including many in commercial car lots that had their windows broken. Commercial properties were also impacted, with Marshfield Pizza Hut for example had skylight windows broken. This estimated damage summary includes reports from other locations in the Marshfield area during this event.
August 2007	Flash Flood	Marshfield	$600,000	Excessive rainfall from Tropical Storm Erin continued across much of Webster County. This caused flash flooding on a section of Highway 38 nears its junction of Highway J, a section of Route DD near the Marshfield High School, a section of Evans Road, a bridge washed out on Route DD from flash flooding of the Osage Fork River, and a section of Highway A near its intersection with Highway FF.
April 1994	Tornado (F1)	Marshfield	$500,000	A tornado developed along County Road W three miles northwest of Marshfield with numerous reports of golf ball-size hail prior to touchdown. Two mobile homes were destroyed with debris spread one-half mile northeast. Several roofs near the mobile homes were destroyed or damaged and trees uprooted. The destruction pattern indicated that possibly two tornadoes could have occurred, or the single tornado moved very erratically.
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	$250,000	no account filed
February 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	$70,000	no account filed
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	$25,000	Powerlines and a power pole were reported down.
July 2013	Hail	Marshfield	$25,000	A report from social media that hail caused dents to cars and cracked windshields.
December 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	$12,000	Several power lines were down and power outages were reported.
July 2016	Flash Flood	Marshfield	$10,000	Water flooded a home in Marshfield.
April 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds downed trees and destroyed a barn and a carport.
May 2024	Hail	Marshfield	$8,000	Large hail stones measuring 2 to 3 inches in diameter were reported. A neighboring house's steel roof was damaged due to the hail stones.
February 2019	Lightning	Marshfield	$8,000	A home was struck by lightning causing minor electrical and roof damage.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	$5,000	A large tree was reported down and through the roof of a home on north Pine Street.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	$5,000	Several power lines were down and small trees damaged.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	$5,000	Several trees and power lines were blown down. Seven tents at a farmers market were blown down.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	$5,000	Several trees and power lines were down.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	$5,000	Near Highway E and Route 38, a barn roof was blown off.
October 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	$5,000	There were reports of broken power poles and several broken tree tops. The time of event was estimated from the radar.
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	$5,000	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	$5,000	no account filed
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	$3,000	no account filed
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	$2,000	A large tree was blown down onto the side of a house and the outdoor awning was severely damaged.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	$1,000	Multiple large tree limbs were downed in the Marshfield area.
August 2019	Lightning	Marshfield	$500	Lightning struck a tree at a local residence. The report was received via social media.
September 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	$500	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees and a picket fence at a rural residence.
April 1994	Hail	Marshfield	$500	no account filed
May 2025	Heavy Rain	Marshfield	-	A Mesonet station measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 3.30 inches.
May 2025	Hail	Marshfield	-	Report of quarter size hail.
June 2025	Heavy Rain	Marshfield	-	A 48 hour rainfall total of 4.75 inches was measured in Marshfield.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	-	The Webster County Emergency Manager estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
May 2024	Hail	Marshfield	-	Report of baseball size hail.
September 2024	Heavy Rain	Marshfield	-	A twenty four hour rainfall total of 2.07 inches occurred in Marshfield. This rainfall fell between September 22 and September 23.
May 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	-	A large tree branch was blown down.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	-	A few large limbs were reported down in town. Most observations in the area were of 30 to 40 mph winds.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	-	A large tree was reported down on Highway CC blocking one lane of traffic.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	-	A large tree was reported down.
October 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	-	A large tree was reported down blocking the road.
February 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	-	A large tree was reported down at Whispering Oaks Country Club.
July 2019	Heavy Rain	Marshfield	-	A 24 hour rainfall of 2.30 inches was measured.
July 2019	Heavy Rain	Marshfield	-	A CoCoRaHS gauge measured 3.41 inches, all of which fell between noon and 6 pm.
May 2019	Heavy Rain	Marshfield	-	A co-op observer reported a 24-hr rainfall accumulation of 2.66 inches.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	-	A few downed trees of 3-5 inches in diameter were reported.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	-	A sixty-two mph wind gust was measured by personal weather equipment.
April 2016	Hail	Marshfield	-	Quarter size hail was reported 1 mile northwest of Marshfield.
April 2016	Hail	Marshfield	-	Quarter size hail was reported in Marshfield.
July 2016	Flash Flood	Marshfield	-	Over a foot of water was over Banning Street west of Highway CC. The road was briefly closed.
July 2016	Heavy Rain	Marshfield	-	A rainfall report of 2.99 inches was measured in about an hour.
July 2016	Heavy Rain	Marshfield	-	The COOP observer at Marshfield reported a 24 hour rainfall of 2.93 inches.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	-	Large limbs up to 6 inches in diameter were blown down on Banning Street.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	-	There was a tree uprooted on North Pitts Street. Several trees were blown down on Washington Street.
June 2015	Flash Flood	Marshfield	-	Route DD along the Gasconade River was flooded and closed due to flooding.
November 2015	Flood	Marshfield	-	Multiple roadways in Marshfield had water over the road. Greenwood Road near the headwaters of the Pomme De Terre River was closed due to flooding. Multiple low water crossings in Webster County were flooded.
December 2015	Heavy Rain	Marshfield	-	There was a report of 4.43 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	-	There was a public report of wind gusts estimated up to 60 mph.
September 2014	Flash Flood	Marshfield	-	Street flooding was reported at Chestnutt and Highway A.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	-	Wind gusts up to 60 mph were estimated.
May 2013	Flood	Marshfield	-	MODOT reported several low water crossings flooded and closed.
August 2013	Flash Flood	Marshfield	-	A picture from social media showed residential streets flooded in Marshfield.
October 2013	Hail	Marshfield	-	Dime sized hail was reported at the Marshfield Elementary School.
October 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshfield	-	A large tree was blown down off Highway A and Hardwood Road about five miles south of Marshfield.

Every storm recorded in Webster 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

1 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Rainey Funeral Home Building	6.9 miles	2014

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 96000549 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Webster County	All 3 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.