BlockAdaville, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51038. The Survey maps it on the Ireton SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1955 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Ireton SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Sioux City North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Adaville between 2006 and 2009, burning about 35 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 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Adaville: 4 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E Siebens | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mrs Hanson | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adaville in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2019: 2 flood, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adaville | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew shingles off a roof. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Adaville | - | Snow melt and heavy rainfall (measured 1.52 inches near Le Mars and 1.97 inches near Sioux Center) resulted in flooding of agricultural lands. Perry Creek near Hinton (gage site PCHI4) reached a crest 2.43 feet above flood stage on March 13. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Adaville | - | Repeated heavy rains caused record flooding of Perry Creek. The flooded area was generally rural, and farmland and some roads were flooded. The creek crested at 4.49 feet above flood stage near Hinton, and at a record 6.54 feet above flood stage at Millnerville, both on June 17th. |
| October 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Adaville | - | A brief tornado caused tree damage, including branches blown down. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Adaville | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruble | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Crathorne | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Millnerville | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Potosia | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Brunsville | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Merrill | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Mammen | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Wren | 9.6 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122591239 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464438. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.