Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
“The Muscatine County Fairgrounds are located in West Liberty, Iowa, United States. It hosts the annual Muscatine County Fair.”
Wikipedia article Muscatine County Fairgrounds, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 40 National Register listings published here for Muscatine County · listed in 2015 · 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 West Liberty Fairgrounds Historic District in 2012, burning about 400 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 burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 400 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Liberty, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 4 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Liberty | 1 hurt, $15,000 | An eleven year old girl was injured by flying glass when a tree struck her home. The tree struck the house and smashed a window as the girl and her parents were running to the basement for shelter. The family also lost numerous trees and one grain bin. |
| August 2009 | Flood | West Liberty | $500,000 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | West Liberty | $200,000 | This tornado touched down 5.2 miles northeast of Nichols and tracked to the northeast before lifting 2 miles west of Moscow. The EF2 tornado was on the ground for 6.5 miles, had maximum winds to 115 mph and was 150 yards wide. There were 5 farmsteads that were hit by the tornado, but no injuries were reported. Siding and shingles of two homes were peeled off. Outbuildings were damaged, a machine shed and grain bin destroyed, and a wooden swingset toppled. Utility poles were snapped or blown down, while several trees were snapped or uprooted. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Liberty | $25,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph destroyed a garage and caused extensive tree damage at a home near Highway 70 and 130th Street just southeast of West Liberty, IA around 520 pm CDT May 22. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Liberty | $25,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew a roof off of a barn near West Liberty, IA at 530 pm CDT May 24. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | West Liberty | $10,000 | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding of parts of Highway 6 between West Liberty, IA and Atalissa, IA as well as County Road F58 between Durant, IA and Stockton, IA during the morning of June 23. Portions of these roads were closed due to the flooding. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Liberty | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a large shed. Reported in local newspaper. Time is estimated. |
| July 1995 | Tornado (F0) | West Liberty | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | West Liberty | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Liberty | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Lightning | West Liberty | $500 | Lightning struck a tree at the First Church United in West Liberty, IA on August 8th. Time estimated. Electricity and phone services were lost. One computer was damaged at the church. |
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF0) | West Liberty | - | An EF0 tornado lofted a corn crib, snapped trees, bent an auger, and partially destroyed a roof on a farm outbuilding. This tornado began in Johnson County, Iowa. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Liberty | - | Numerous trees and branches down across West Liberty, Iowa. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Liberty | - | County Dispatch relayed a report of a large tree down on a vehicle. |
| May 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | West Liberty | - | This tornado developed just NNW of West Liberty and tracked across the far northeast part of town before eventually crossing over U.S. Highway 6 between West Liberty and Atalissa, and diminishing shortly after. The extent of the damage was mainly to outbuildings, with several walls and roofs collapsed and in some cases blown across a downstream field. A few large trees and two utility poles were also snapped. A large metal batting cage anchored into concrete was twisted and bent sharply at its base. |
| May 2023 | Hail | West Liberty | - | Report from Mping. |
| May 2023 | Hail | West Liberty | - | Report from Mping. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Liberty | - | A public report was received via social media of 5 to 6 inch in diameter tree limbs down. The time was estimated by radar. |
| February 2017 | Hail | West Liberty | - | A spotter reported quarter size hail. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Liberty | - | Severe thunderstorm winds downed large trees in West Liberty. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Liberty | - | Large tree blown down on a car. The car was unoccupied. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Liberty | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | West Liberty | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | West Liberty | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | West Liberty | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | West Liberty | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Liberty | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | West Liberty Commercial Historic District | 0.3 miles | 2002 |
 | George H. and Loretta Ward House | 0.7 miles | 1997 |
 | Bridge near West Liberty | 3.0 miles | 1998 |
 | Beers and St. John Company Coach Inn | 5.6 miles | 2016 |
 | Samuel Nichols House | 6.1 miles | 1978 |
| Nichols, Benjamin F. and Susan M. (Jenkins), House | 6.1 miles | 2023 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000916 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Muscatine County | All 40 listed properties in this county. |
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