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Photograph of Honey Creek Friends' Meetinghouse
Photograph by Jim Roberts, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Honey Creek Friends' Meetinghouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“Honey Creek Friends' Meetinghouse is a historic building located in New Providence, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.”

Wikipedia article Honey Creek Friends' Meetinghouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 34 National Register listings published here for Hardin County · listed in 1980 · 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. SW of New Providence, New Providence, 50206
  • When was it listed? February 1980
  • Category. building
  • Township. Providence township
  • Architectural style. bungalow
  • National Register reference number. 80001452 - 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

7 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Honey Creek Friends' Meetinghouse between 2006 and 2020, burning about 164 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
2 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2019Debris and open burning100 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2020Debris and open burning25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 October 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 October 2015Equipment and vehicle use25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Hardin County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Honey Creek Friends' Meetinghouse: 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lacy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mccormick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nerhing PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hardin County

Storms near this property

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Providence, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado. 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
September 2011Thunderstorm WindNew Providence$50,000Grain bin destroyed. Large tree down with crop damage.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindNew Providence$50,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindNew Providence$50,000no account filed
April 2002HailNew Providence$25,000no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindNew Providence$20,000Roof damage occurred due to the high winds.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindNew Providence$10,000Law Enforcement reported machine shed destroyed just south of New Providence. Time estimated from radar.
May 2008HailNew Providence$10,000no account filed
September 2011Thunderstorm WindNew Providence$5,000Tree damage throughout town.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindNew Providence$5,000no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindNew Providence$5,000no account filed
April 2006HailNew Providence$3,000no account filed
May 2008HailNew Providence$2,000Reports from New Providence of nickel size hail.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindNew Providence$2,000no account filed
June 2008HailNew Providence$1,000Dime to nickel size hail.
April 2002Tornado (F0)New Providence$1,000Brief touchdown with little damage.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindNew Providence$1,000no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindNew Providence-Numerous large tree branches down 3 inches in diameter or more. Delayed reported received via social media.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)New Providence-Storm chaser video shows tornado heading north through trees then across open fields before dissipating. Little if any damage occurred other than some minor tree damage.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Providence-Law enforcement relayed public report that power out in New Providence due to very strong winds along with pea to nickel sized hail.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Providence-Amateur radio operator reported 60 mph wind gusts.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNew Providence-Large tree down across the road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindNew Providence-no account filed
June 2016HailNew Providence-no account filed
June 2014HailNew Providence-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hardin 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

3 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
New Providence Building Association Stores2.3 miles2016
New Providence School Gymnasium2.5 miles1996
Eldora Public Library6.1 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80001452 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Hardin CountyAll 34 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.