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Rural communities were hit hard by the Aug. 10, 2020, derecho. Nearly half of the state's row crop acres were damaged. Gazette photographer Jim Slosiarek visited Keystone, in Benton County, to document the damage.

Iowa Department of Transportation workers help with tree debris removal as grain bins from the Archer Daniels Midland facility are severely damaged in Keystone, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Al Schminke piles debris in a corner of his farm property he owns with his wife Kandy in rural Van Horne, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Debris from a garage that was blown apart is seen along a curb in Keystone, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

An excavator piles tree debris at a collection point south of Railroad St. in Keystone, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

The roof of the finishing barn at the farm of Al and Kandy Schminke was blown off in Monday's storm in rural Van Horne, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Cody Schminke removes lumber from his damaged shop building at his farm property he owns with his wife Taylor in rural Van Horne, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Scott Evans of Jamestown, Ohio, uses a skid steer to pile debris in a corner of Al and Kandy Schminke's farm in rural Van Horne, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. Evans, a longtime family friend of the Schminkes drove to Iowa to help in the recovery of Monday's storm. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Grain bins are severely damaged on the Archer Daniels Midland facility in Keystone, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Grain bins are severely damaged on the Archer Daniels Midland facility in Keystone, Iowa, onWednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Grain bins are severely damaged on the Archer Daniels Midland facility in Keystone, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Iowa Department of Transportation workers help with tree debris removal in Keystone, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Workers help with tree debris removal as grain bins from the Archer Daniels Midland facility are severely damaged in Keystone, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Iowa Department of Transportation workers help with tree debris removal in Keystone, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Grain bins are severely damaged on the Archer Daniels Midland facility in Keystone, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Farm equipment, including tractors, lay under debris at Sindt Implement in Keystone, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

An excavator piles tree debris at a collection point south of Railroad St. in Keystone, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

A Keystone Fire Department vehicle tows tree debris to a collection point south of Railroad St. in Keystone, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. The volunteer firefighters were each taking shifts to help the community cleanup from Monday's storm. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Power lines lay across 22nd Avenue and Highway 30 in rural Benton County, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Richard Ortega (right), a firefighter with the volunteer Keystone Fire Department, moves a tarp as he and his son Aiden, 13, cover a large hole in their home in Keystone, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. Part of their neighbor's house was blown over their home, hitting it and severely damaging it. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Richard Ortega, a firefighter with the volunteer Keystone Fire Department, moves a tarp as he and his son Aiden, 13, cover a large hole in their home in Keystone, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. Part of their neighbor's house was blown over their home, hitting it and severely damaging it. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Corn lays nearly flat in a field south of Keystone, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Corn, except for a few heavily damaged stalks, lays nearly flat in a field south of Keystone, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

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