Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
“Beck House is a historic building located in Fort Madison, Iowa, United States. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.”
Wikipedia article Chief Justice Joseph M. Beck House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 48 National Register listings published here for Lee County · listed in 1988 · 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 5 fires within 5 miles of Chief Justice Joseph M. Beck House between 2018 and 2020, burning about 62 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 burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Chief Justice Joseph M. Beck House: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brockman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Madison, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 1995: 3 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Madison | $50,000 | A renegade area of thunderstorms moved across southeast and east-central Iowa. One storm passed over the Montrose area, hail of about an inch diameter fell. Hail of three-quarters of an inch in diameter was also reported in West Point. Hail also pelted Earlville and New Vienna. Reports of several cars being damaged by hail were received from Earlville. High winds caused a building to collapse in Fort Madison. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Fort Madison | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Fort Madison | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Fort Madison | - | 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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lee County Courthouse | under 500 feet | 1976 |
 | Fort Madison Downtown Commercial Historic District | under 500 feet | 2007 |
 | Cattermole Memorial Library | under 500 feet | 1984 |
 | Albright House | 0.1 miles | 1978 |
 | Park-to-Park Residential Historic District | 0.1 miles | 2014 |
 | George E. Schlapp House | 0.2 miles | 1982 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88001116 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lee County | All 48 listed properties in this county. |
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