Springbrook State Park, Civilian Conservation Corps Area

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

One of 8 National Register listings published here for Guthrie County · listed in 1990 · category: District.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Jct. of IA 384 and Co. Hwy. F25, Guthrie Center, 50115
When was it listed? November 1990
Category. district
Also known as. CCC Properties in Iowa State Parks MPS
Township. Victory township
Architect. Central Design Office, Ames
National Register reference number. 90001671 - 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

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Springbrook State Park, Civilian Conservation Corps Area between 2006 and 2020, burning about 46 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	2
Debris and open burning	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
28 May 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	1444 140TH ST., BAGLEY, IOWA
6 March 2020	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
14 October 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Guthrie County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Springbrook State Park, Civilian Conservation Corps Area: 3 past producers. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Spring Brook Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Whitcomb Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Guthrie County

Storms near this property

60 of 88 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guthrie Center, the town this property stands in, in 88 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 41 hail, 19 heavy rain, 18 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood. 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 2008	Flood	Guthrie Center	$100,000	The south Raccoon River was out of its banks with flooding in the city. Sandbagging started near the water plant, city wells, pools, and municipal gas facilities.
July 1998	Flash Flood	Guthrie Center	$100,000	no account filed
June 1998	Flood	Guthrie Center	$100,000	no account filed
October 2007	Flash Flood	Guthrie Center	$50,000	Law enforcement reported that numerous county roads were under water.
July 1998	Flood	Guthrie Center	$30,000	no account filed
April 2009	Flash Flood	Guthrie Center	$25,000	Water reported over Highway 25 in Guthrie Center.
April 2009	Flash Flood	Guthrie Center	$25,000	Water was over Highway 25 just south of Guthrie Center.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Guthrie Center	$25,000	Power was out with numerous tree limbs down, one was 18 inches in diameter. A swing set was picked up and rolled across the yard.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Guthrie Center	$25,000	no account filed
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Guthrie Center	$20,000	Roof blown off apartment building in Guthrie Center. Time estimated by radar.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Guthrie Center	$20,000	Trained spotter reported large trees snapped around 2 to 3 feet in diameter.
June 2015	Hail	Guthrie Center	$20,000	Emergency Manager reported several large trees down.
July 2008	Heavy Rain	Guthrie Center	$20,000	Basement flooding between 2320 and 0450 CDT. Rainfall 6.72 inches.
June 2015	Hail	Guthrie Center	$20,000	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Guthrie Center	$20,000	no account filed
September 2002	Hail	Guthrie Center	$20,000	no account filed
April 2009	Heavy Rain	Guthrie Center	$15,000	Five inches of rain fell since 0800 CST with water coming into the basement on all 4 sides.
June 2015	Hail	Guthrie Center	$15,000	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Guthrie Center	$15,000	no account filed
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Guthrie Center	$15,000	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Guthrie Center	$15,000	no account filed
June 2015	Flash Flood	Guthrie Center	$10,000	Water reported over many roads in town.
October 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Guthrie Center	$10,000	Numerous tree branches up to 4 inches in diameter down with power out in part of the city.
June 2015	Hail	Guthrie Center	$10,000	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Guthrie Center	$10,000	no account filed
July 1999	Hail	Guthrie Center	$10,000	no account filed
July 1998	Flood	Guthrie Center	$10,000	no account filed
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Guthrie Center	$5,000	Downed trees and branches across much of the city.
June 2015	Hail	Guthrie Center	$5,000	Emergency Manager reported 1 to 2 inch hail.
June 2015	Hail	Guthrie Center	$5,000	Trained spotter reported 1.75 inch hail at his home.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Guthrie Center	$5,000	Twelve to fourteen inch diameter ash trees blown down.
June 2015	Hail	Guthrie Center	$5,000	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Guthrie Center	$5,000	no account filed
April 2004	Hail	Guthrie Center	$5,000	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Guthrie Center	$5,000	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Guthrie Center	$5,000	no account filed
September 2002	Hail	Guthrie Center	$5,000	no account filed
July 1999	Hail	Guthrie Center	$5,000	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	Guthrie Center	$5,000	no account filed
June 1996	Hail	Guthrie Center	$5,000	no account filed
June 1994	Hail	Guthrie Center	$5,000	no account filed
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Guthrie Center	$3,000	Tree damage was reported with 10 to 12 inch limbs down.
September 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Guthrie Center	$3,000	High winds downed trees, power poles, and lines in Guthrie Center.
May 2011	Hail	Guthrie Center	$3,000	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Guthrie Center	$3,000	no account filed
April 2004	Hail	Guthrie Center	$3,000	no account filed
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Guthrie Center	$3,000	no account filed
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Guthrie Center	$3,000	no account filed
September 2010	Hail	Guthrie Center	$2,000	Quarter size hail and heavy rain reported.
June 2015	Hail	Guthrie Center	$2,000	no account filed
July 2013	Hail	Guthrie Center	$2,000	no account filed
September 2005	Hail	Guthrie Center	$2,000	no account filed
April 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Guthrie Center	$2,000	no account filed
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Guthrie Center	$1,000	Spotter estimated 60 MPH winds.
June 2010	Hail	Guthrie Center	$1,000	A few nickel sized hail stones with the rest dime and pea size.
September 2010	Hail	Guthrie Center	$1,000	Nickel size hail reported at a gas station in Guthrie Center.
June 2009	Hail	Guthrie Center	$1,000	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Guthrie Center	$1,000	no account filed
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Guthrie Center	$1,000	no account filed
April 2001	Hail	Guthrie Center	$1,000	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Guthrie 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

2 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Yale High School Gymnasium	5.5 miles	2018
	Octagon Barn, Richland Township	7.3 miles	1986

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 90001671 in Record Group 79.
Guthrie County	All 8 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.