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One of 13 National Register listings published here for Sac County · listed in 1990 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Blackhawk State Park, Denison Beach Area (Area C)
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. S of jct. of US 71 and Co. Hwy. M68, Lake View, 51450
- When was it listed? November 1990
- Category. building
- Also known as. CCC Properties in Iowa State Parks MPS
- Township. Wall Lake township
- National Register reference number. 90001680 - 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
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Blackhawk State Park, Denison Beach Area (Area C) between 2006 and 2009, burning about 1 acre 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 October 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Blackhawk State Park, Denison Beach Area (Area C): 12 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hawk Lake State Area Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lake View Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Meister Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Peters Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake View, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 15 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 funnel cloud, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2007 | Flood | Lake View | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $200,000 | Thirteen large power poles were snapped along a mile long stretch of Perkins Ave. One third of the roof of a hog confinement building was ripped off one half mile up the road. Another half mile up the road, one third of a machine shed was destroyed. Little damage was noted east or west of this area. Wind speeds were estimated around 90 MPH. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $30,000 | Public reported numerous trees with diameter upwards of one foot down around Lake view. Tree reported downed onto truck. Time and location estimated from radar. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $25,000 | Public reported trees down all around town. Estimated 60-70 mph winds in the storm. Report came via social media and time radar estimated. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Lake View | $20,000 | Street flooding at Second and High Streets in Lake View. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lake View | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $10,000 | A large branch fell onto a car causing significant damage. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $5,000 | Measured by weather station. One half mile to my north, a boat dealership reported damage. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Lake View | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $2,000 | A medium sized tree was down. |
| March 2004 | Hail | Lake View | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Lake View | - | Delayed report, time estimated via radar. |
| August 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Lake View | - | Public picture of funnel cloud on social media. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | - | Trained spotter estimated 60 mph gusts. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | - | Trees down and power out in Lake View. Delayed report, time estimated via radar. |
| July 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Lake View | - | Public report of a funnel cloud near Lake View, IA. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | - | Trained spotter reported wind gust of 60 mph. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Lake View | - | One hour rainfall of 1.30 inches. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Lake View | - | Dime size hail |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Lake View | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Lake View | - | no account filed |
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
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Chief Black Hawk Statue | 0.6 miles | 2000 |
 | Lakeside Park Historic District | 0.6 miles | 1991 |
 | Blackhawk State Park, Black Hawk Preserve (Area B) | 0.8 miles | 1990 |
 | Blackhawk State Park, Wildlife Preserve Area (Area A) | 0.8 miles | 1990 |
| Chicago and North Western Passenger Depot | 3.5 miles | 2003 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90001680 in Record Group 79. |
| Sac 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.