Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
“Grant Wood's "Fall Plowing" Rural Historic Landscape District is a 123-acre (50 ha) historic district near Viola, Iowa.”
Wikipedia article Grant Wood's "Fall Plowing" Rural Historic Landscape District, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 121 National Register listings published here for Linn County · listed in 2003 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Grant Wood's "Fall Plowing" Rural Historic Landscape District between 2007 and 2009, burning about 66 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Grant Wood's "Fall Plowing" Rural Historic Landscape District: 10 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dearborn Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Penitentiary Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Weber Mine and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Weber Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Equitable Life Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hampton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pearson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Weber Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Champion #2 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Chas Zimmer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Viola, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | $4,000 | The secondary roads department reported trees down in the town of Viola. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Viola | $2,000 | relayed by media |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | - | Out building roof and walls damaged along with a grain bin. The time was estimated using radar data. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | - | The Emergency Manager reported a jackknifed semi in the median of Highway 151 at mile marker 48 on the Linn/Jones county line. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | - | Winds were measured at 65 mph. |
| April 1996 | Hail | Viola | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Matsell Bridge | 1.1 miles | 1998 |
| Matsell Bridge | 1.1 miles | 1998 |
 | Whittier Friends Meeting House | 4.1 miles | 1993 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 03000476 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Linn County | All 121 listed properties in this county. |
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