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One of 40 National Register listings published here for Muscatine County · listed in 2023 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Nichols, Benjamin F. and Susan M. (Jenkins), House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 structuress, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 815 Ijem Avenue, Nichols, 52766
- When was it listed? October 2023
- Category. building
- Township. Pike township
- National Register reference number. 100009487 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Storms near this property
18 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nichols, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Nichols | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $120,000 | Entered from Johnson County |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Nichols | $80,000 | Entered from Johnson County |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Nichols | $25,000 | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding in Muscatine, IA and Nichols, IA during the late afternoon and evening of June 23. Some vehicles were stalled out in over a foot of flood water in downtown Muscatine. In Nichols, some streets were temporarily closed due to flooding. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nichols | $10,000 | Semi blown over on highway 70 at 200th Street |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nichols | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 85 mph blew down several 20 inch diameter tree limbs in Nichols, IA around 515 pm June 19. A fence was also blown away. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nichols | - | Trees reported blown down, and power is out on west side of Nichols, Iowa. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Nichols | - | A tornado developed south of Lone Tree in Johnson County, as evidenced by a public photo. The tornado then tracked rapidly northeast, and caused damage to outbuildings at a farm west of Nichols along Highway 22. The tornado then continue through open farm land before lifting between West Liberty and Atalissa. The tornado was rated EF-1 with max winds around 90 mph. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nichols | - | Wind gusts estimated between 50 to 60 mph from the thunderstorm. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nichols | - | Widespread straight-line winds that produced extensive damage were reported throughout Muscatine County, associated with a derecho. These winds lasted around an hour in total at any one location, even though the initial line of storms moved out quickly. Damaging straight-line winds continued and were associated with the rear inflow jet. Maximum wind speeds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH for much of the county with 80 MPH or higher over the northern half. These estimates were determined based off damage reports and photos submitted through social media. The duration of strong winds caused extensive damage to most trees, powerlines, crops, and structures in their path. The peak wind gust measured at the Muscatine Airport was 58 MPH before power was lost. The widespread damage also resulted in long duration power outages. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nichols | - | Law enforcement reported large trees down, blocking the road. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Nichols | - | Quarter sized hail fell about 4 miles east northeast of Nichols, IA at 1033 pm CDT June 29. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nichols | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 75 mph were observed about 3 miles south of Nichols, IA at 8:28 pm June 8. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nichols | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph were observed in Nichols, IA at 8:31 pm June 8. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Nichols | - | Water covered several roads including Highway 6 in western portions of Muscatine County, closing them. Water also topped part of the levy between Nichols and West Liberty. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nichols | - | Power lines and tree limbs blown down. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Nichols | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Nichols | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Nichols | - | no account filed |
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
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ijem Avenue Commercial Historic District | 0.4 miles | 2020 |
 | St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church | 0.5 miles | 2022 |
 | Samuel Nichols House | 1.0 miles | 1978 |
 | Big Slough Creek Bridge | 2.5 miles | 1998 |
 | West Liberty Fairgrounds Historic District | 6.1 miles | 2015 |
 | Bridge near West Liberty | 6.1 miles | 1998 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009487 in Record Group 79. |
| Muscatine County | All 40 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.
- 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.