Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
“The McCoy Polygonal Barn is a historic building located near Hepburn in rural Page County, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1914 as a hog sale barn.”
Wikipedia article McCoy Polygonal Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Page County · listed in 1986 · 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 4 fires within 5 miles of McCoy Polygonal Barn between 2009 and 2012, burning about 12 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1171 WILLOW AVE, IA |
| 16 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | S. OF 137TH ST. JUST W. OF HEPBURN, IA |
| 24 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of McCoy Polygonal Barn: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villisca Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hepburn, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 6 flood, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Flood | Hepburn | $5,000 | Heavy rain caused the Nodaway River to flood near the Clarinda area. The river at Clarinda reached a crest a little over 24.5 feet early in the morning of June 4, flood stage is 23 feet. The flooding impacted a few county roads and farmland along the river. |
| May 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Hepburn | - | The office received a report from broadcast media of a large funnel cloud 4 miles west of Hepburn. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Hepburn | - | This tornado started at the intersection of 110th Street and Vine Avenue. As it developed and tracked northeast, it broke branches off of trees and tore the roof off a farm outbuilding on Willow Avenue. The tornado briefly crossed into Taylor County just south of the Montgomery-Page Street and Tailor-Paige Avenue intersection before tracking into Adams County where it would go on to produce EF-4 damage. The peak winds in the Page County segment of this track were estimated to be at 100 miles per hour. The max width in Page County was measured to be at 85 yards, with an average width estimated at 60 yards. There were no casualties in Page County, though there were 5 fatalities and 35 injuries in the Des Moines NWS CWA. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hepburn | - | The office received a public report of damage to trees 5 miles east of Hepburn, Iowa. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Hepburn | - | Trained spotter reported 1 inch hail south of Hepburn. |
| July 2016 | Flood | Hepburn | - | Several county roads were reported flooded across the County. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Hepburn | - | Heavy rainfall over a two-day period in mid December brought the Nodaway River above flood stage. The crest reached 24.83 feet in the early afternoon hours of December 14th. This was 1.83 feet above flood stage. Flooding was confined to low agricultural areas along the river. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Hepburn | - | Rainfall of over 2 inches in an hour or so produced flash flooding across Highway 71 northeast of Hepburn. Yorktown reported 2.1 inches of rain from the storm, with similar type rainfall recorded the previous day. Yorktown is about 7 miles southwest of Hepburn. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Hepburn | - | Two consecutive days of heavy rains caused the Nodaway River to flood in Page county for the second time within a week. At Clarinda the Nodaway River crested 20.1 feet at 1115 pm CDT on 6/8, flood stage is 19 feet. The river was above flood stage from around 545 pm on 6/8 until 530 am on 6/9. The flooding affected mainly agricultural lowlands. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Hepburn | - | A week of heavy rain producing thunderstorms through June 11th fell across the Nodaway River basin in southwest Iowa. The heavy rain caused flooding along the Nodaway River from around Villisca downstream through Clarinda to around Braddyville. The river at Clarinda reached a 22.7 foot crest at 430pm CDT on June 12, flood stage is 19 feet. The river fell below flood stage at Clarinda during the early morning hours of June 13th. The flooding closed several county roads and also flooded farm fields in eastern Page county. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hepburn | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph knocked down power poles near town. |
| October 2007 | Flood | Hepburn | - | Heavy rain from Friday October 12th through Sunday night October 14th produced flooding along the Nodaway River from north of Hepburn through Clarinda and then to south of Shambaugh. ||The river at Clarinda was above its 19 foot flood stage from around 130 am CDT on the 15th until 515 am on the 16th. The crest at Clarinda was 24.5 feet at 530 pm CDT on the 15th. The river flooded farmlands along the river as it broke through temporary dikes that under repair from early May 2007 flooding. County roads were also flooded and some damage was noted. |
| May 2005 | Flash Flood | Hepburn | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding along Highway 71 near the Page and Montgomery county line which washed a car off the highway. Rain amounts were around 2 to 3 inches this evening. |
| May 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Hepburn | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Hepburn | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Hepburn | - | 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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86001469 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Page County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
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