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Photograph of Corpus Christi Catholic Church
Photograph by Robert W. Wood, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Corpus Christi Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

From the record

“Corpus Christi Catholic Church is a parish of the Diocese of Sioux City. The church is located in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”

Wikipedia article Corpus Christi Catholic Church (Fort Dodge, Iowa), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Webster County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 416 N. 8th St., Fort Dodge, 50501
  • When was it listed? October 1976
  • Category. building
  • City. Fort Dodge city
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
  • Architect. Fridolin Heer
  • National Register reference number. 76000812 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

9 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Corpus Christi Church between 2012 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking2
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
30 August 2013Smoking1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 August 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 April 2015Smokingunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2014Arson/incendiarism10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 November 2014Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 October 2020Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Webster County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Corpus Christi Church: 23 past producers, 15 producers, 1 unknown. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Perlite. 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
Fort Dodge PlantGypsum-Anhydrite, PerlitePast Producer
Johnston Clay WorksClayPast Producer
Kalo Brick and Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
National Gypsum PlantGypsum-Anhydrite, PerliteProducer
U S Gypsum PlantGypsum-Anhydrite, PerliteProducer
Vincent Clay Products Co.ClayPast Producer
Fort Dodge MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lehigh Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Northwest Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Webster County

Storms near this property

1 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Dodge, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 1994Thunderstorm WindFort Dodge$5,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Webster 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
First National Bank Building0.1 miles2003
Fort Dodge Downtown Historic District0.2 miles2010
Webster County Courthouse0.2 miles1981
Oak Hill Historic District0.2 miles1977
Wahkonsa Hotel0.3 miles2008
Fort Dodge Senior High School0.3 miles2015

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 76000812 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Webster CountyAll 15 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.