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Camp Dodge Pool District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

From the record

“The Camp Dodge Pool District, also known as the Camp Dodge Swimming Pool Complex, is a nationally recognized historic district located in Johnston, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.”

Wikipedia article Camp Dodge Pool District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 208 National Register listings published here for Polk County · listed in 1995 · category: District.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Buildings A22--A24, Camp Dodge, Johnston, 50131
  • When was it listed? February 1995
  • Category. district
  • Township. Jefferson township
  • National Register reference number. 95000098 - 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

15 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Camp Dodge Pool District between 2009 and 2019, burning about 59 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
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 July 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesCAMP DODGE
17 May 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 May 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesCAMP DODGE
5 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Camp Dodge Pool District: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Drill HoleZincPast ProducerSphalerite
Bradshaw PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Des Moines North Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jester Pit No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Johnston Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morning Star PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this property

60 of 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnston, the town this property stands in, in 67 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 26 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 9 lightning, 9 heavy rain. The reports record 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2001LightningJohnston2 hurt, $100,000no account filed
June 2005LightningJohnston1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindJohnston$10,000,000no account filed
June 2008FloodJohnston$6,000,000no account filed
June 2008FloodJohnston$2,000,000no account filed
July 2010FloodJohnston$500,000no account filed
April 1994HailJohnston$500,000no account filed
June 2010FloodJohnston$250,000no account filed
June 1998LightningJohnston$150,000no account filed
July 2009HailJohnston$100,000The hail measured 2.25 inches by 3 inches.
July 2010FloodJohnston$75,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindJohnston$75,000no account filed
May 2024Tornado (EF0)Johnston$50,000The path of this tornado started within Terra Parkin Johnston and moved northeast into a housing area before crossing over the Village Square Shopping Center. Most of the damage was done to trees with some minor damage to houses, mainly to shingles. The path continued northeast through Johnston with more tree damage before crossing the Des Moines River north of NW 66th Avenue. The tornado dissipated shortly thereafter near NW Fisher Lane.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindJohnston$50,000Estimaged 65 MPH winds broke 6 inch diameter branches.
July 2009HailJohnston$50,000Windows were broken out due to large hail at an apartment complex.
July 2009HailJohnston$50,000no account filed
April 2002HailJohnston$50,000no account filed
April 1994HailJohnston$50,000no account filed
April 1994HailJohnston$50,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindJohnston$25,000no account filed
July 2009HailJohnston$10,000no account filed
June 2005HailJohnston$10,000no account filed
June 2005HailJohnston$10,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindJohnston$10,000no account filed
June 1999LightningJohnston$10,000no account filed
July 1999LightningJohnston$10,000no account filed
May 1998HailJohnston$6,000no account filed
April 2012Thunderstorm WindJohnston$5,000Small branches broken off with minor street flooding.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindJohnston$5,000One foot diameter tree branch was blocking the road.
March 2007HailJohnston$5,000Reported by Johnston City Official.
March 2007HailJohnston$5,000no account filed
August 2007LightningJohnston$5,000no account filed
June 2005HailJohnston$5,000no account filed
April 2004HailJohnston$5,000no account filed
April 2004HailJohnston$5,000no account filed
July 2004LightningJohnston$5,000no account filed
April 2001HailJohnston$5,000no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindJohnston$5,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindJohnston$5,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindJohnston$5,000no account filed
June 2003LightningJohnston$4,000no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindJohnston$3,000Some tree branch damage.
June 2005HailJohnston$3,000no account filed
May 2011LightningJohnston$2,000no account filed
May 2004HailJohnston$2,000no account filed
May 2004HailJohnston$2,000no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindJohnston$2,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindJohnston$1,000no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindJohnston$1,000no account filed
May 1998HailJohnston$500no account filed
May 1998HailJohnston$500no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindJohnston-Public mping report of trees uprooted or snapped, roof damage.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindJohnston-Trained spotter reported a pine tree down, estimated 6 to 8 inches diameter, along with other tree damage.
June 2024Heavy RainJohnston-Report from social media of 4 inches of rainfall that occurred on June 4th.
June 2021HailJohnston-Report via mping of ping pong ball sized hail.
July 2020Heavy RainJohnston-Amateur radio report of 2.20 inches of rain in an hour.
July 2018Heavy RainJohnston-Public reported storm total heavy rainfall of 8.28 inches in East Johnston. Due to database entry limitation, beginning time coded as midnight CST. Actual estimated start time of 530pm CDT on June 30th.
June 2018Heavy RainJohnston-Amateur radio operator reported heavy rainfall of 7.1 inches in Johnston as of 10:43 pm.
June 2018Heavy RainJohnston-Public reported heavy rainfall of 5.6 inches so far.
July 2016Heavy RainJohnston-Mesonet station recorded heavy rainfall of 3.19 inches.

Every storm recorded in Polk 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

6 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Paul J. and Ida Trier House1.6 miles1988
Herrold Bridge2.5 miles1998
Big Creek Schoolhouse4.7 miles2004
Farmhouse, Olmsted Family4.8 miles2019
Ashby Manor Historic District5.7 miles1992
Allen Hazen Water Tower6.2 miles2004

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 95000098 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Polk CountyAll 208 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.