Fairview Church and Cemetery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.

From the record

One of 8 National Register listings published here for Louisa County · listed in 2023 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 site, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
Address. 11501 Co Rd H22, Wapello, 52653
When was it listed? November 2023
Category. building
Township. Wapello township
National Register reference number. 100009486 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Fairview Church and Cemetery between 1996 and 2017, burning about 868 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
20 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	GRANDVIEW FIRE DEPT.
8 June 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge	HALL'S LK CAMPFIRE 2
8 June 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge	HALL'S LK CAMPFIRE1
2 June 2008	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge	BEAN FIRE
6 April 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 April 2014	Debris and open burning	100 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
1 April 2015	Debris and open burning	100 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
1 April 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	103 acres	Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge	STRAWHACKER

Every fire recorded in Louisa County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Fairview Church and Cemetery: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, Dimension, Flagstone, 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
Dalzell Quarry	Limestone, Dimension, Flagstone	Past Producer
Oakville Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Elrick Junction Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Morning Sun Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Louisa County

Storms near this property

55 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wapello, the town this property stands in, in 55 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 21 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 4 funnel cloud. 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 2003	Hail	Wapello	$1,000,000	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Wapello	$1,000,000	no account filed
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Wapello	$800,000	no account filed
April 2003	Flash Flood	Wapello	$500,000	US 61 covered with water
June 2009	Flash Flood	Wapello	$100,000	Heavy rains have resulted in flash flooding in and near Wapello, IA during the early morning hours of June 22. Highway 99 in Wapello was covered by flood waters around 1254 am June 22. Other county roads in the vicinity of Wapello, IA were also covered by flood waters.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Wapello	$100,000	Flood waters from the Iowa River caused a levee to fail near the intersection of I Avenue and County Road G62 just east northeast of Wapello, IA around 12:46 pm June 13. This levee failure resulted in flash flooding of approximately 500 acres which included four homes located behind the levee.
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Wapello	$100,000	no account filed
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Wapello	$50,000	Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew a tree onto a house at 336 Jefferson Street in Wapello, IA around 330 am CDT June 20.
April 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Wapello	$50,000	Power lines down
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Wapello	$15,000	no account filed
March 2006	Hail	Wapello	$5,000	no account filed
May 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Wapello	$5,000	no account filed
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Wapello	$5,000	no account filed
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Wapello	$1,000	Large tree blown down across a county road.
March 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Wapello	-	A power company repair main confirmed that thunderstorm snapped off two power poles. No other damage was found. Time of the event was estimated using radar.
November 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Wapello	-	Law Enforcement reported a large tree down near the intersection of 77th Street and Highway 99. The time of the event was estimated using radar.
October 2018	Flood	Wapello	-	The Iowa River at Wapello rose above the major flood stage of 25.0 feet around midnight on October 8th and fell back below major flood stage around 4 PM on the 14th. The river crested at 26.8 feet around 8 PM on the 11th.
May 2017	Hail	Wapello	-	The hail size was estimated from a picture on social media.
May 2017	Hail	Wapello	-	A public report was received with a picture of hail using social media.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Wapello	-	The county emergency manager reported several large trees were split in half.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Wapello	-	A public report was received of large partially rotten tree branches down accompanied by pictures received by social media.
August 2015	Funnel Cloud	Wapello	-	Local media forwarded a viewer report and photo of a funnel cloud near Wapello. The funnel did not show any sign of approaching the ground.
July 2014	Flood	Wapello	-	Heavy rains across the Upper Midwest and eastern Iowa during the last 2 weeks of June caused the Iowa River to rise to its major flood stage of 25 feet around 6PM on July 1 and fall below major flood stage around 115AM on July 9. The river crested at 30.2 feet from 5AM to 6PM on July 3.
April 2014	Hail	Wapello	-	Local media relayed a public report of golf ball to baseball sized hail covering the ground.
April 2014	Hail	Wapello	-	Mercer County Law Enforcement relayed a public report of golf ball size hail in Wapello.
June 2014	Flash Flood	Wapello	-	Law enforcement reported several streets closed due to water over the roads.
May 2014	Hail	Wapello	-	Quarter sized hail fell 2 miles north of Wapello, IA around 555 pm CDT May 12.
May 2013	Flash Flood	Wapello	-	Law enforcement reported several roads closed due to flash flooding over the southern portions of Louisa county.
June 2013	Flood	Wapello	-	The Iowa River at Wapello rose above the major flood stage of 25 feet in the early afternoon of the first. The river remained above major flood stage until the the late evening of the 7th.
November 2010	Hail	Wapello	-	A trained spotter estimated hail to nickel size along with wind gusts in excess of 50 mph in Wapello.
June 2010	Flash Flood	Wapello	-	Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding in Louisa County and several road closures.
June 2007	Flash Flood	Wapello	-	Water covered U.S. Highway 61.
June 2007	Flash Flood	Wapello	-	After 4-6 inches of rainfall, Long Creek overflowed and flooded farmland. Time is estimated.
March 2006	Heavy Rain	Wapello	-	moderate street flooding
April 2003	Funnel Cloud	Wapello	-	Possible funnel
July 2001	Hail	Wapello	-	Penny sized hail. Reported by law enforcement.
September 2001	Hail	Wapello	-	Nickel sized hail reported by trained spotter.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Wapello	-	Numerous tree limbs downed.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Wapello	-	Numerous large trees downed.
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Wapello	-	no account filed
March 2016	Hail	Wapello	-	no account filed
March 2016	Hail	Wapello	-	no account filed
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Wapello	-	no account filed
March 2006	Hail	Wapello	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Wapello	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Wapello	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Wapello	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Wapello	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Wapello	-	no account filed
April 2003	Funnel Cloud	Wapello	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Wapello	-	no account filed
August 2000	Hail	Wapello	-	no account filed
June 1999	Funnel Cloud	Wapello	-	no account filed
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Wapello	-	no account filed
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Wapello	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Louisa 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
Bethel Church	2.5 miles	1979
Mellinger Memorial Library	5.5 miles	2024
Louisa County Courthouse	6.6 miles	1981
Commercial Hotel	6.7 miles	2001

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100009486 in Record Group 79.
Louisa 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.