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Church of St. John the Baptist

Built in 1883 (Gothic Revival). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“John the Baptist is a historic church building located in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Paul's Church in Burlington and St Mary's Church in West Burlington it forms Divine Mercy parish, which is a part of the Diocese of Davenport.”

Wikipedia article Church of St. John the Baptist (Burlington, Iowa), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 35 National Register listings published here for Des Moines County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1883, Gothic Revival.

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. 712 Division St., Burlington, 52601
  • When was it listed? February 1982
  • Category. building
  • City. Burlington city
  • When was it built? 1883
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 82002615 - 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

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Church of St. John the Baptist between 2013 and 2014, burning about 4 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 burning2

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
3 May 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 January 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Des Moines County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Church of St. John the Baptist: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Clay, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Burlington QuarriesLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Granite Brick Co. PitClayPast Producer
Kemper QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
Miller-Ervin QuarriesStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
Concrete MtStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sullivan Slough QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Des Moines County

Storms near this property

60 of 137 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burlington, the town this property stands in, in 137 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 66 thunderstorm wind, 33 hail, 14 flood, 12 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2010LightningBurlington1 hurt, $25,000Lightning struck a light pole near the main stage of Burlington Steamboat Days, blowing a chunk of concrete from the base of the pole and damaging sound equipment. A nearby man was injured by the lightning and another witness was treated for hyperventilation.
April 2001LightningWest Burlington1 hurtOne person suffered minor injuries after being struck by lightning in a department store parking lot.
May 2003HailBurlington$10,000,000no account filed
May 2003HailBurlington$2,000,000Covered the ground
May 2003HailWest Burlington$1,000,000no account filed
April 1995HailWest Burlington$350,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBurlington$150,000Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down a four foot diameter tree across Dumbell Lake Rd about 3 miles north of Burlington, IA around 340 am June 18. Several dozen additional large tree limbs were also blown down in the same area. In addition, a 100 foot tall tree fell onto a mobile home on Dumbell Lake Road. A garage on Tama Road was also damaged by a fallen tree limb.
August 2010LightningBurlington$100,000Lightning struck a tower on the north side on top of the Burlington Police Department building around 645 pm CDT August 10. The strike affected the communications center's dispatching capabilities, phone systems, radio-assisted dispatch, computer systems, and some computers. The Burlington Police Department also contributed to this report.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindBurlington$100,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindBurlington$75,000A very unstable air mass was over Iowa in advance of an approaching warm front. CAPE values were around 4000 J-kg-1 with lifted indices already -7° C. at sunrise. Surface dew point readings were in the middle 70s. Thunderstorms fired and produced heavy rain and hail. One cell dropped golf ball-size hail on the town of Pleasantville. The area of thunderstorm continued to spread and develop east into eastern Iowa. They dumped heavy rains and generally small hail as the moved southeast. A couple of the cells did become severe over the east central and southeast counties of the state. Golf ball-size hail fell in Johnson County at Hills. Another storm produced high winds as it passed through the Burlington area. Numerous trees were downed and windows were blown out of a few buildings. Three to four inches of rain fell in under two hours over both counties. Flooding was reported, but for the most part it was restricted to urban areas. Lightning struck a tree on a farm south of Dubuque. Several head of cattle were standing beneath the tree, 14 head were killed. Several others were downed, but were able to be revived.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindBurlington$75,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBurlington$70,000Also by media
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBurlington$50,000Trees down
September 2000HailBurlington$50,000Baseball sized hail damaged several homes on 42nd Street. The large hail punched holes in windows and siding and dented several vehicles. Mobile homes nearby also suffered damage from the hail.
May 1996LightningBurlington$30,000no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington$25,000Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew half of a tree onto a house just west of the Burlington Regional Airport around 610 pm CDT June 16.
March 2006HailBurlington$20,000Nickel to golfball sized hail; also reported by NWS personnel.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindBurlington$20,000Strong winds knocked down several large trees and tore off part of a roof of a residence on 42nd Street.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindBurlington$15,000Numerous trees and branches down. KBUR radio measured a peak gust at their station of 41 knots (47 mph). There is also a report of a measured gust of 52 knots (60 mph) on Adams street in Burlington.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindBurlington$15,000The same upper level low pressure area mentioned above continued to influence the weather over Iowa again on the 2nd. Temperatures at 500 mb remained around the -15° C range. Thunderstorms formed by mid day. A small tornado touched down briefly northeast of Ottumwa. It lifted a pop-up camper off of its jacks, but there was no other significant damage. During the later afternoon hours, thunderstorms spread south and east. The weather features were rather slow moving and as a result heavy rainfall occurred in Louisa and Des Moines Counties. In one hours time, 4.65 inches of rainfall was recorded in Columbus Junction. Parts of Des Moines County received five inches of rainfall in a short period of time. The heavy rainfall produced flash flooding. Two children were injured indirectly in Des Moines County as their mother lost control of the car while driving into the flood waters. The children, two and three years of age, were not fastened in their car seats. One was thrown in the car, the other was thrown through the window and into the ditch. Both were taken to a local hospital and treated for minor injuries. A citation was written charging the mother with failure to restrain her children. Flooding was also widespread in the urban areas. Burlington was quite hard hit. High winds from one of the storms tore part of the roof off of a house in Burlington. Also, in Burlington, lightning struck an electrical service box at a sewer station causing about $2000 in damage.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington$10,000also reported by law enforcement; numerous branches of 4 to 7 inches in diameter down. A 14 inch diameter branch down on a car. An 8x8 shed that was bolted to its foundation was moved off said foundation.
January 2017FloodBurlington$5,000Seasonably heavy rainfall upstream combined with a rare ice jam that impacted the river for several days resulted major flood conditions for a small segment of the Mississippi River around Burlington.||Roads were closed for a period of time impacting homes and structures near the Mississippi River.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindBurlington$5,000An isolated thunderstorm knocked down a tree onto an Alliant Energy transmission line connecting to a $3.2 million substation at the intersection of Fourth and Fifth Streets in Burlington, IA during the evening of April 23. Power was out to most of the downtown area until the early morning hours of April 24. Time estimated.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBurlington$5,000Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph downed utility poles and a few trees in Burlingtoin. Trees were also downed on US 61 and DMC 99.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBurlington$5,000tree branches down on vehicle.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindBurlington$5,000no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington$4,000Law enforcement estimated wind gusts at 50 to 60 mph.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindBurlington$3,0006-10 inch diameter trees down with power lines down
September 2016Flash FloodBurlington$2,000The county Emergency Manager reported a rock slide on Bluff Road making it impassable, the time and exact location are estimated.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindBurlington$1,000Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down an electric pole at N 6th Street and Washington Street in Burlington, IA around 735 am August 4.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington$1,000Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew shopping carts across a parking lot in West Burlington, IA at 740 pm July 27. A parked car was damaged by one of the shopping carts.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindBurlington$1,000Co-operative observer reported a section of a large tree down.
April 2001LightningBurlington$1,000Lightning struck a house, setting it on fire, and damaging appliances. There were no injuries.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindBurlington$1,000no account filed
May 2009LightningWest Burlington$500Lightning struck a tree rupturing a gas line on the 400 block of Glasgow street in West Burlington around 12:22 pm May 15.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington$500Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew a covered front porch off of a mobile home in West Burlington, IA around 8:30 pm June 8. The roof of the porch was blown over the home into the backyard.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington$500Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew a 20 inch diameter tree down in West Burlington, IA at 8:45 pm June 8. The tree knocked down a street sign.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBurlington$500Tree branches were downed across the city. Time estimated.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindBurlington$500Tree blown down on a power distribution line. Reported by emergency management.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindBurlington$500no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindBurlington-Wind equipement measured on the riverfront and Main Street.
April 2024HailWest Burlington-Time of the report was estimated using radar.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington-Five houses had holes in roofs from fallen tree branches. A storage facility had a partial roof collapsed, and a roof was peeled back on a tall outbuilding.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBurlington-Several large tree branches were reported down, and some fell on power lines.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington-Reports of widespread wind damage in the Burlington area. Limbs, powerlines, and trees down blocking residential streets, tree down on home. Time was estimated using radar data.
June 2023HailWest Burlington-This report was received through Mping.
April 2023FloodBurlington-The Mississippi River at Burlington rose above its major flood stage of 18.0 feet during the evening hours of April 26th. The river continues to rise to 19.68 feet on the evening of April 30th.|The Mississippi River at Gladstone rose above its major flood stage of 14 feet during the early morning hours of April 27th. It continued to rise to 15.6 feet during the evening hours of April 30th.
May 2023Funnel CloudWest Burlington-Funnel clouds going up and down in the clouds occasionally, but never reached the ground.
July 2021HailWest Burlington-Golf ball sized hail.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington-The roof of a church was damaged.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington-A wooden fence was partially damaged at Menards in West Burlington.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington-A partial cinderblock wall collapsed at a small business on East Agency Road.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington-A large tree limb was blown down at Notre Dame High School.
August 2021Flash FloodWest Burlington-The fire department reported water deep enough that vehicles could not pass through on Mt Pleasant street and West Burlington Avenue.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington-A shed was blown down, and skirting blown off the edge of a mobile home.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington-Several trees were blown down across a road.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington-Trained spotter estimated a wind gust of around 60 mph with the thunderstorm.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington-An eight inch diameter tree branch was blown down at Lefflee and Wheeler St. intersection.
March 2019FloodBurlington-Heavy rain and snow melt across the region caused the Mississippi River at Burlington to rise above major flood stage of 18.0 feet on March 17th, and remain above major flood stage through the end of the month. An initial crest of 20.50 feet occurred around mid day on the 24th through late in the day on the 26th.
May 2019FloodBurlington-The Mississippi River at Burlington (BRLI4) began the month above its major flood stage of 18 feet and continued to see major flooding through the end of the month, with only one short period on the 17th, where it dipped back down to near 18 feet. The river stage at the beginning of the month was 20.4 feet. The river would rise to a crest of 23.54 feet on May 3rd. This crest is preliminary the 4th highest crest. The river rose to a even higher crest in early June.

Every storm recorded in Des Moines 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82002615 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Des Moines CountyAll 35 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.