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One of 13 National Register listings published here for Warren County · listed in 1990 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Lake Ahquabi State Park, Picnic Area (Area A)
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
The listing
- Address. 1650 118th Ave., Indianola, 50125
- When was it listed? November 1990
- Category. district
- Also known as. CCC Properties in Iowa State Parks MPS
- Township. White Oak township
- National Register reference number. 90001663 - 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
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Lake Ahquabi State Park, Picnic Area (Area A) between 2009 and 2017, burning about 45 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lake Ahquabi State Park, Picnic Area (Area A): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squaw Creek Quarries | Flagstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
60 of 131 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indianola, the town this property stands in, in 131 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 50 hail, 36 thunderstorm wind, 25 heavy rain, 10 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | 1 hurt, $100,000 | Two semi-tractortrailer rigs blown of U.S. Highway 65. One driver received minor injuries. |
| June 1999 | Lightning | Indianola | 1 hurt, $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Indianola | $350,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Indianola | $200,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $100,000 | Public reported large trees down, damage to vehicles, and power lines down near Boston Ave in Indianola. |
| May 1996 | Flood | Indianola | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $75,000 | Microburst event |
| June 1998 | Hail | Indianola | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $50,000 | Trained spotter reported a large tree down on a house. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Indianola | $50,000 | Warren County Dispatch advised that a mobile home park on the south side of Indianola near the intersection of US 69 was flooding. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Indianola | $50,000 | Law enforcement and amateur radio reported at least 18 inches of water flowing through a trailer park just west of Highway 65/69 with people stranded. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Indianola | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flood | Indianola | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Flood | Indianola | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flood | Indianola | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $40,000 | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Flood | Indianola | $40,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flood | Indianola | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $25,000 | Trees and power lines down. Winds estimated 60 to 70 MPH and blew for several minutes. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Indianola | $25,000 | Evacuating portion of trailer court caused by backup of small creek that empties into the Middle River. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Indianola | $25,000 | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Flood | Indianola | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Indianola | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Flood | Indianola | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Indianola | $20,000 | Law Enforcement reported creeks out of their banks on the south side of Indianola as well as multiple roadways covered by water. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Indianola | $20,000 | High water from a rising creek was threatening numerous trailer homes at a trailer court in the south part of Indianola. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Indianola | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Indianola | $16,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $15,000 | Trees reported down on east Euclid Ave. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Flood | Indianola | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $10,000 | Iowa DOT reports tree and power line damage along Highway 92. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Indianola | $10,000 | Mostly half dollar size hail with a few golf ball stones. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Indianola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Indianola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Indianola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Indianola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $5,000 | Winds estimated at 60 MPH with small limbs down. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $5,000 | Heavy rain and small hail was also reported. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | A spotter reported nickel to quarter size hail in southwest Indianola. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $5,000 | Trees were down on the south side of town. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 1995 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Indianola | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $3,000 | A 20 foot wooden privacy fence was blown down and doors to a plastic shed were blown out. |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Ahquabi State Park, Refectory Area (Area C) | 0.3 miles | 1990 | |
| Lake Ahquabi State Park, Bathhouse Area (Area B) | 0.3 miles | 1990 | |
 | Hoosier Row School | 2.1 miles | 2011 |
 | Warren County Court House | 5.1 miles | 2003 |
 | Indianola High School | 5.2 miles | 2002 |
 | Indianola Carnegie Library | 5.2 miles | 2017 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90001663 in Record Group 79. |
| Warren County | All 13 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.