BlockFrom the record
One of 27 National Register listings published here for Jones County · listed in 2014 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Business Part of Olin Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
The listing
- Address. Both sides of 300 blk. of E. Jackson and portion of E. 2nd Sts., Olin, 52320
- When was it listed? November 2014
- Category. district
- Township. Rome township
- National Register reference number. 14000907 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Business Part of Olin Historic District between 2009 and 2019, burning about 8 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 November 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Business Part of Olin Historic District: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Clay Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Freeman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Olin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fleming-Jensen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Holtz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Knapp Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
31 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olin, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 12 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olin | $100,000 | This path of damage was either produced by down burst type winds or possibly gustnado type winds. The Amber area was hit hardest. Damage occurred to the following: 30 trees, 15 structures, several mobile homes, five roofs and overturned campers. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Olin | $70,000 | Water over E45 and 1-2 feet of water over Highway 38; numerous basements have water in them in Olin |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olin | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Olin | $12,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olin | $10,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew a tree down across a car in Olin, IA around 526 pm July 7. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Olin | $10,000 | 1 foot of water over 80th Street just east of Highway 38 |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olin | $2,000 | 18 inch diameter tree limbs down |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olin | - | Roofs were ripped off multiple buildings in town. |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Olin | - | A NWS storm survey team reported an EF-0 tornado touched down briefly northwest of Olin, IA. The path width was 10 yards, track distance was estimated to be roughly 0.1 miles with a max wind of 75 mph. A 150 pound fire hydrant was displaced 15 to 20 feet and a metal shed was lofted 70 feet away. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olin | - | The Emergency Manager reported several trees down in town. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olin | - | Emergency manager reported a few power poles were snapped off on highway 38 south of Olin. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Olin | - | The emergency manager reported flash flooding in Olin, Onslow and 3 miles north of Onslow. A report of 3.30 inches of rain in a short time was received 3 miles north of Scotch Grove. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Olin | - | Ping pong ball sized hail fell about 1 mile west of Olin, IA at 835 pm CDT May 20. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Olin | - | A trained spotter reported nickel to quarter size hail. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Olin | - | Baseball sized hail fell 1 mile west southwest of Olin, IA at 424 pm CDT May 22. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Olin | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Olin, IA at 424 pm CDT May 22. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Olin | - | Golf ball sized hail fell in Olin, IA at 430 pm CDT May 22. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olin | - | Wind gusts measured to be 59 mph were observed about 1 mile north northeast of Olin, IA at 644 pm CDT June 18. An area newspaper later reported that a tree was downed by lightning on the ball field. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olin | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph were observed in Olin, IA at 528 pm July 7. This report was relayed by the Jones County Sheriff's Office. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olin | - | Numerous tree branches were downed by thunderstorm winds in Olin, IA. Time estimated. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Olin | - | dime size hail |
| November 2006 | Hail | Olin | - | Dime size hail. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Olin | - | Mostly pea sized but a few penny sized stones. |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Olin | - | 1 to possibly 2 funnels |
| June 2005 | Hail | Olin | - | Hail was mostly pea to dime sized but a couple of stones were penny size. |
| May 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Olin | - | Near the Jct of Highway 38 and E45. |
| July 2002 | Flood | Olin | - | Sible Creek overflowed its banks. |
| May 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Olin | - | Reported by trained spotter. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Olin | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olin | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olin | - | 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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hale Bridge | 3.9 miles | 1998 |
| Hale Bridge | 4.0 miles | 1998 |
 | Antioch School | 7.0 miles | 2001 |
 | Fremont Mill Bridge | 7.6 miles | 1998 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14000907 in Record Group 79. |
| Jones County | All 27 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.