Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
“The First Avenue East Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Newton, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.”
Wikipedia article First Avenue East Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 16 National Register listings published here for Jasper County · listed in 2020 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of First Avenue East Historic District in 2009, burning about 50 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of First Avenue East Historic District: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newton, the town this property stands in, in 120 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 50 hail, 38 heavy rain, 20 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Hail | Newton | $500,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Newton | $500,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Newton | $200,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Newton | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Newton | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $60,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $50,000 | Large tree limbs down around town with homes damaged. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Newton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flood | Newton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flood | Newton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Flood | Newton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Newton | $25,000 | Roofs off of outbuildings along with tree damage. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Newton | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Newton | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Newton | $20,000 | Trained spotter reported half dollar sized hail, via social media. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $20,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Lightning | Newton | $12,000 | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Newton | $10,000 | Public reported nickel to quarter size hail in downtown Newton. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Newton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Newton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Newton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Newton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Newton | $8,000 | no account filed |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | Trained spotter reported estimated wind gusts of 65 mph. Damage included a flag ripped off the pole and the door of a business ripped open. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | Tree damage occurred in the town of Newton. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | Newton AWOS reported winds gusts of 51 kts at 1034 PM. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Newton | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Newton | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Newton | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $3,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Newton | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Newton | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Newton | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Newton | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Newton | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Newton | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $1,000 | Report received from a KCCI schoolnet site. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Newton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Lightning | Newton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Newton | - | Considerable flooding ongoing in trailer park. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | - | Social media report of tree that is partially down. |
| June 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Newton | - | This tornado was observed by several individuals and remained in rural cropland. No damage indicators were impacted, hence the EFU rating. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Newton | - | Image received via social media. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Newton | - | Image received via social media. Timing based on radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | August H. Bergman House | under 500 feet | 1989 |
 | St. Stephen's Episcopal Church | 0.2 miles | 1977 |
 | Emerson Hough Elementary School | 0.3 miles | 2002 |
 | Newton Downtown Historic District | 0.4 miles | 2014 |
 | Jasper County Courthouse | 0.4 miles | 1981 |
 | Thomas Arthur House | 0.5 miles | 1982 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005888 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Jasper County | All 16 listed properties in this county. |
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