Peoples' Weather Map

POLK COUNTY

Drought Insects

Bugs and the Drought of 2012

Polk county, Iowa

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2012
Drought Insects

Spider Mites and the Drought of 1988

Polk county, Iowa

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1988
Tornado

The Tornado of 1974

Polk county, Iowa

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1974
Drought

The Drought of 1936

Polk county, Iowa

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1936

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