Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
“Dow House (also known as the Dow House) is a historic house located on Prince Street in Dow City, Iowa.”
Wikipedia article Simeon E. Dow House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 15 National Register listings published here for Crawford County · listed in 1972 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Dow House between 2009 and 2019, burning about 107 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1724 UNION AVE, DOW CITY, IA 51528, IOWA |
| 1 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Dow House: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arion Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ballantine Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dow City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rogers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dow City, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 19 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Tornado (F2) | Dow City | $500,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dow City | $30,000 | A shed was blown over in Dow City. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Dow City | $30,000 | Damage was done to a farm house with shingles removed and tree damage to the yard. Windows were also blown out of the house. |
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Dow City | $25,000 | Highway 30 north of Dunlap was flooded. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Dow City | $25,000 | The Crawford County Sheriff reported that Highway 30 was closed 2 miles southwest of Dow City due to flash flooding. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Dow City | $25,000 | Water was reported over Highway 30 between Dow City and Dunlap, possibly from the Boyer River. Report received from the county Sheriff. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Dow City | $25,000 | Water was covering Highway 30 from 1.5 miles southwest of Dow City to 3 miles southwest of Dow city. The state DOT was going to barricade the road. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Dow City | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dow City | $20,000 | Dow City Fire Chief reported several power lines down across town. |
| October 1994 | Hail | Dow City | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dow City | $15,000 | Trees were blown down across the highway and a shed was blown down. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dow City | $10,000 | Wind gusts of around 70 MPH caused tree and power line damage. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dow City | $10,000 | Winds estimated over 60 MPH bent crops over at a 45 degree angle along highway 30 just northeast of Dow City. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Dow City | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dow City | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Dow City | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 1994 | Hail | Dow City | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dow City | $5,000 | Trained spotter reported several trees and tree limbs down. Time radar estimated. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Dow City | $5,000 | Public reported quarter to ping pong ball sized hail. Delayed report, and time estimated from radar. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dow City | $5,000 | A spotter estimated wind gusts of near 65 MPH with some tree damage. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dow City | $5,000 | Power lines were blown down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dow City | $5,000 | Tree limb damage was reported. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Dow City | $5,000 | Dime to quarter size hail was partially covering the ground. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Dow City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Dow City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Dow City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dow City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dow City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dow City | $3,000 | There to four inch diameter limbs were blown from trees by high winds. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dow City | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Dow City | $2,000 | Mostly nickel size hail with a few quarter sized stones. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Dow City | $2,000 | Nickel to quarter size hail. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dow City | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dow City | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dow City | $500 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dow City | - | Delayed report of several large trees down early Saturday morning. Time estimated via radar. |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Dow City | - | First tornado in the Des Moines forecast area for this record breaking event. This tornado remained in rural Crawford county with no reported damage. Tornado was determined by Correlation Coefficient depression on WSR-88D radar from KOAX. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Dow City | - | Public reported nickel sized hail. |
| August 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Dow City | - | First of many tornadoes to occur on this day. Path was intermittent initially becoming more intense with time. There was video of the parent circulation but path and rating determined by high resolution satellite data. |
| May 2013 | Heavy Rain | Dow City | - | Rainfall total was unknown, but street flooding was reported around Dunlap. Pea size hail was also reported. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Dow City | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Dow City | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Dow City | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Dow City | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Dow City | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | Dow City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Grove Bridge | 6.1 miles | 1998 | |
| Z. T. Dunham Pioneer Stock Farm | 7.4 miles | 1993 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 72000471 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Crawford County | All 15 listed properties in this county. |
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