Built in 1872. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
“Morrill Homestead is a historic house in Stromsburg, Nebraska. It was built in 1872 by Ludwig Rudeen, a Swedish immigrant, for Charles Henry Morrill, a homesteader.”
Wikipedia article Charles H. Morrill Homestead, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 4 National Register listings published here for Polk County · listed in 1973 · category: Building · built in 1872.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Charles H. Morrill Homestead between 2008 and 2019, burning about 46 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 April 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 March 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 November 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 October 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stromsburg, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 17 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | $100,000 | The roof was blown off of a building used for 190 head of cattle...unfortunately one died and a few others were injured. Other outbuildings at the farmstead suffered minor damage. Wind gusts were estimated to have been near 75 MPH. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Stromsburg | $100,000 | Quarter size hail was accompanied by 60 MPH winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | $100,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH and accompanied quarter size hail. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Stromsburg | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Stromsburg | $100,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Stromsburg | $45,000 | This tornado moved north-northwest across a farmstead just south of Highway 66 and then crossed the highway southwest of Stromsburg. It dissipated a little farther north of the highway. The tornado upset a horse trailer, damaged shingles on a house, and ripped off the overhead doors from a metal building. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Stromsburg | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Stromsburg | $25,000 | Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Stromsburg | $20,000 | Widespread flooding throughout streets and low lying areas in town. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Stromsburg | $10,000 | Nickel to ping pong ball size hail reported. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | $10,000 | 60 mph winds from a severe thunderstorm toppled an old garage. The roof fell on a tractor inside the garage. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | - | A wind gust of 61 MPH was measured by a home weather station located two miles east of Stromsburg. |
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | - | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in minor tree damage in Stromsburg. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | - | A wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located one mile west of Stromsburg. |
| August 2017 | Heavy Rain | Stromsburg | - | A 24-hour precipitation amount of 4.28 inches was recorded 5 miles east-southeast of Stromsburg. |
| August 2017 | Heavy Rain | Stromsburg | - | A 24-hour precipitation amount of 4.37 inches was recorded 1 mile east of Stromsburg. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Stromsburg | - | Storm total rainfall of 3.39 inches was reported, most falling between 6-9 p.m. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Stromsburg | - | No damage was caused by this brief tornado touchdown. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Stromsburg | - | A tornado was reported and photographed by a group of storm chasers near Stromsburg. No damage was noted. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | Golf ball-size hail broke windows in a house. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Victor E. Wilson House | 0.7 miles | 1988 |
 | Gov. John Hopwood Mickey House | 5.0 miles | 1977 |
 | Polk County Courthouse | 5.6 miles | 1990 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 73001072 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Polk County | All 4 listed properties in this county. |
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