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Hamburg Public Library

Built in 1919 (Georgian architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“Hamburg Public Library is located in Hamburg, Iowa, United States. The Carnegie Corporation of New York accepted Hamburg's application for a grant for $9,000 on December 3, 1915.”

Wikipedia article Hamburg Public Library (Hamburg, Iowa), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Fremont County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1919, Georgian architecture.

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. 1301 Main St., Hamburg, 51640
  • When was it listed? May 1983
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Public Library Buildings in Iowa TR
  • City. Hamburg city
  • When was it built? 1919
  • Architectural style. Georgian architecture
  • National Register reference number. 83000359 - 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

21 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Hamburg Public Library between 2006 and 2020, burning about 96 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/undetermined21

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 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230701-00310-06202020-1345
4 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Storms near this property

47 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamburg, the town this property stands in, in 47 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 18 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 13 flood, 1 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 2011FloodHamburg$3,000,000Flooding along the Missouri River gradually improved over the area during September as releases from Gavins Point Dam were reduced. The river at Nebraska City, which reached a record crest of a little over 28 feet by the end of the June, had fallen to around 20.5 feet by the first of September and finally below its 18 foot flood stage during the evening of Sept. 28th. However, extensive flooding of farm fields, roads and highways that had occurred over the summer as levees near Hamburg and Percival failed persisted into September. The flooding caused the closure of 24 miles of Interstate 29 and Highway 2 into Nebraska City as well as other local roads and highways. After the flood waters receded, it was learned that Highway 2 near I29 had several areas of extensive damage, included a sink hole of 15 feet deep. Bridge approaches along I29 were damaged just north of the Missouri border. These roads remained closed in September.
June 2010FloodHamburg$10,000Heavy rain over much of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa during most of June caused a prolonged period of flooding along the Missouri River, especially downstream of Omaha through Rulo. The river near Nebraska City climbed above flood stage early in the afternoon on June 11th and remained above flood stage into July. The river at Nebraska City crested around or a little over 25 feet during the afternoon of June 16th and June 21st. Flood stage is 18 feet. Some roads near the river were flooded along with some cabins, boat ramps and recreation areas.
September 2014FloodHamburg$5,000A slow moving thunderstorm complex lead to heavy rainfall on the 9th causing the West Nishnabotna River to rise above flood stage around the Hamburg area. The river rose above flood stage during the afternoon on the 10th, crested later that morning, and fell below flood stage during the afternoon on the 11th. The flooding was minor and confined to low-lying areas.
June 2010FloodHamburg$5,000Heavy rain prior to and after June 11 caused flooding of the Nishnabotna River in southwest Iowa. The river near Hamburg crested at almost 27 feet around midnight CDT on June 15. Flood stage is 23 feet. The river near Hamburg was above flood stage from the early afternoon of June 11 until the late morning of June 16th. Levees near town protected significant damage, but some agricultural lowlands near the river were flooded as were some other places near town.
June 2010FloodHamburg$4,000Heavy rain on June 22nd and 23rd caused flooding of the Nishnabotna River in southwest Iowa. The river near Hamburg crested at almost 27 feet during the morning of June 24th. Flood stage is 23 feet. The river near Hamburg was above flood stage from the morning of June 22 until the morning of June 25th. Levees near town protected significant damage, but some agricultural lowlands near the river were flooded.
June 2010FloodHamburg$3,000Heavy rain producing thunderstorms that moved into western Iowa on June 27 caused another round of flooding along the Nishnabotna River, especially near Hamburg. The river near Hamburg crested a little over 26 feet in the evening of June 28, flood stage is 23 feet. The river near town was above flood stage from late in the evening of the 27th until the afternoon of the 29th. A federal levee near town protected the area from significant damage, but some agricultural lowlands near the river were flooded.
May 2023HailHamburg-Trained spotter reported 1-inch hail.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindHamburg-Public reported via mPing of 1-inch tree limbs broken; shingles blown off.
April 2023HailHamburg-Trained spotter reported 1-inch hail.
April 2023HailHamburg-Public reported 1.75-inch hail.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHamburg-Law enforcement reported railcars blown over on Interstate 29.
May 2016FloodHamburg-Flooding was observed along both banks of the river. The flooding included agricultural land, as well as a parking lot near the gauge site.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindHamburg-Is there damage reported.
December 2015FloodHamburg-Heavy rainfall over a two-day period in mid December brought the Nishnabotna River above flood stage with a crest to just above moderate stage. The crest reached 27.27 feet in the early evening hours of December 15th. This was 2.27 feet above flood stage. The majority of the flooding was confined to areas within the levee system, but State Highway 275 to the southeast of Hamburg did see some water across the road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHamburg-Emergency manager reported that several large trees were downed.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHamburg-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at least 60 mph. The strong winds downed at least 1 tree on the north side of Hamburg and caused some property damage in the area.
June 2010FloodHamburg-Rainfall of 2 to 3 inches fell in around 6 hours over much of the central and upper reaches of the Nishnabotna River during the late evening and morning hours of June 4th and 5th. The heavy rain caused the Nishnabotna River to climb about a half of foot above its 23 foot flood stage during the early morning hours of June 6th. Levees along the river protected much of the area from significant damage although some fields were flooded.
July 2010FloodHamburg-Rainfall of 2 to 3 inches fell across much of the Nishnabotna River basin for the 48 hour period ending at 7am on July 5. The heavy rain caused another round of flooding along the Nishnabotna River, especially near Hamburg. The river near Hamburg crested a little over 24 feet in the evening of July 5th. Flood stage is 23 feet. The river near town was above flood stage from the afternoon evening of the 5th until the morning of the 6th. A federal levee near town protected the area from significant damage, but minor flooding of agricultural lowlands near the river was noted.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHamburg-Thunderstorm winds were estimated by the public at around 60 mph east of Hamburg.
June 2008Flash FloodHamburg-Three inches of rain in around 1 hour caused flash flooding across a few streets in the Hamburg area. The Willow Slough area near Argyle Street was especially affected.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHamburg-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 60 mph downed a few trees and limbs in town.
May 2008FloodHamburg-Heavy rainfall during the evening and overnight hours of May 29th and 30th culminated nearly a week of scattered heavy rain producing thunderstorms that occurred over the Nishnabotna River basin. The heavy rains caused the Nishnabotna River to surpass flood stage in the Hamburg area. The river at Hamburg reached a 23.6 foot crest around 7am CDT on May 31st, flood stage is 23 feet. The flooding affected mainly just some agricultural lowlands near town.
June 2008FloodHamburg-Heavy rainfall on June 4th over much of southwest Iowa, and subsequent significant rain every few days for the next week or 10 days, pushed the Nishnabotna River out of its banks for a 2 week period beginning around 315 am CDT on June 5 and ending around 815 pm on June 18th. The river at Hamburg reached a 29.3 foot crest at 430 pm on June 14th. Flood stage is 23 feet.||Federal levees protected the town and most area highways from the flood waters as did the placement of up to 50,000 sandbags on the levee's low areas. However, Highway 275 near Hamburg and many county roads were closed for a time due to flood waters, and agricultural lowlands in the region were flooded. In addition, since both the Missouri and Nishnabotna Rivers were in flood, low areas that normally pumped water into those rivers were unable to do so adding to ponding and additional flooding after each rain.
April 2007FloodHamburg-Rainfall of 2 to 3 inches on April 24th caused the Nishnabotna River in far southwest Iowa to flood agricultural lowlands. The river at Hamburg reached a 26 foot crest at 9 pm CDT on April 26th. Flood stage is 23 feet. The river at Hamburg was above flood stage from 3 pm on the 25th through 2 pm on the 27th.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHamburg-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph overturned 2 semi-trucks on Interstate 29 near Hamburg.
April 2002HailHamburg-Hail up to nickel size lasted 10 minutes in Hamburg.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindHamburg-Thunderstorm winds estimated at around 60 mph by an off-duty NWS employee downed small tree limbs.
April 1999Tornado (F0)Hamburg-Brief touchdown.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHamburg-Large tree limbs downed.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindHamburg-Buildings destroyed. Large trees fell on playground equipment causing severe damage.
June 2017HailHamburg-no account filed
March 2017HailHamburg-no account filed
April 2017HailHamburg-no account filed
September 2014HailHamburg-no account filed
June 2014HailHamburg-no account filed
August 2010HailHamburg-no account filed
June 2005HailHamburg-no account filed
August 2004HailHamburg-no account filed
June 2003HailHamburg-no account filed
April 2002HailHamburg-no account filed
August 2002HailHamburg-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindHamburg-no account filed
June 1996HailHamburg-no account filed
July 1995HailHamburg-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindHamburg-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindHamburg-no account filed
July 1995HailHamburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fremont 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

1 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
Chautauqua Pavilion7.5 miles1976

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83000359 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Fremont CountyAll 9 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.
  • 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.