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Photograph of Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Photograph by Billwhittaker, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (Boundary Increase)

A National Historic Landmark. Built in 1965. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

From the record

“The Herbert Hoover National Historic Site is a unit of the National Park System in West Branch, Iowa, United States. The buildings and grounds are managed by the National Park Service to commemorate the life of Herbert Hoover, the 31st president of the United States.”

Wikipedia article Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 21 National Register listings published here for Cedar County · listed in 2013 · category: District · built in 1965 · a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. 110 Parkside Dr., West Branch, 52358
  • When was it listed? August 2013
  • Category. district
  • Township. Springdale township
  • When was it built? 1965
  • National Register reference number. 13000594 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

52 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (Boundary Increase) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 635 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
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 June 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 June 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Cedar County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (Boundary Increase): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cedar County

Storms near this property

27 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Branch, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 18 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWest Branch$40,000Wind gusts estimated to be 65-70 mph snapped trees, downed utility lines, and disrupted power to more than 1,000 customers in West Branch, IA from about 1230 pm until 1245 pm CDT June 18. One tree fell onto 2 cars and another tree landed on a church. Branches were down throughout town.
August 2005HailWest Branch$40,000Baseball sized hail damaged the home of the county emergency manager and several other homes on the east side of West Branch.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWest Branch$20,000Warm, moist, and unstable air streamed into Iowa ahead of an advancing cold front. In fact, the warm front passed north of the state during the morning, placing Iowa near the passage of the triple point in the system. Thunderstorms erupted well ahead of the cold front, in the warm sector, during the afternoon. A few of the storms became strong. Severe weather occurred in Tama County. Sixty mph winds swept through an area south of Lincoln. Golf ball-size hail pelted Tama County about six miles south of Guthrie Center causing considerable crop damage. Hail three-quarters of an inch in diameter damaged crops in the Traer area. Further east a few storms became severe over Benton and Cedar Counties. Trees were downed in several locations. Damage was done by high winds to a barn on one farmstead new West Branch. A shed roof was also damaged. High winds destroyed two hog sheds on a farmstead northwest of Tipton as well.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindWest Branch$10,000Sheriff department reported winds estimated at 52 to 61 knots (60 to 70 mph) with numerous trees down across the town.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWest Branch$5,000Roof partially torn off house.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindWest Branch$5,000no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWest Branch$1,000Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph displaced a shed in West Branch, IA at 814 pm June 18. The shed landed across the street from the spotter's residence.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindWest Branch$1,000no account filed
March 2026HailWest Branch-The time of the hail was estimated using radar.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Branch-Trees blown down in West Branch. The time was based on radar data.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Branch-Estimated 70 mph wind gust from thunderstorm.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Branch-A public report was received of a 60 foot tree that fell through a garage in town.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindWest Branch-Local law enforcement reported a few trees and a large electric pole were blown down on the south side of town.
June 2014Flash FloodWest Branch-The emergency manager reported basements and roads flooded in West Branch with widespread flash flooding throughout Cedar County.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWest Branch-Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew down a large tree branch in West Branch, IA at 1013 pm CDT July 22.
June 2007HailWest Branch-Hail slightly larger than a penny fell in West Branch, IA around 9:20 am.
June 2007HailWest Branch-Pea to dime size hail fell for at least 5 minutes.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindWest Branch-Trees blown down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindWest Branch-Trees and power lines blown down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindWest Branch-Sustained thunderstorm winds of 65 to 70 mph, with gusts to 75 mph. Trees downed. Reported by trained spotter and law enforcement.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWest Branch-Power lines and trees downed. Reported by law enforcement.
March 2026HailWest Branch-no account filed
April 2006HailWest Branch-no account filed
May 2006Funnel CloudWest Branch-no account filed
June 1999HailWest Branch-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWest Branch-no account filed
October 1996Thunderstorm WindWest Branch-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cedar 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

6 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site0.1 miles1966
West Branch Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)0.2 miles1995
Gruwell and Crew General Store0.3 miles1982
West Branch Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)0.3 miles1990
West Branch Commercial Historic District0.3 miles1987
Downey Savings Bank3.7 miles1976

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 13000594 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cedar CountyAll 21 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.