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Augusta, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52658. The Survey maps it on the Danville quadrangle.

Augusta within Des Moines County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

9 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Augusta between 2018 and 2020, burning about 121 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
Debris and open burning8
Smoking1

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
6 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 March 2020Debris and open burning60 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 March 2020Smokingunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 March 2020Debris and open burning40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 March 2020Debris and open burning15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 March 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 March 2018Debris and open burning1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 October 2020Debris and open burning1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Des Moines County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Augusta: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Augusta QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Beach QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bietsch QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Heinold QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lange QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Prospect Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ward QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Des Moines County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Augusta in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 4 flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011Tornado (EF1)Augusta$250,000The tornado damage included snapped trees, broken large tree limbs, two broken power poles, a destroyed shed, and two over-turned railroad box cars.
March 2019FloodAugusta-Heavy rain and snow melt across the region caused the Skunk River south of Augusta to rise above major flood stage of 20.0 feet on March 11. The river fell back below major flood stage on the 13th. The river crested at 21.25 feet during the evening of the 12th.
May 2019FloodAugusta-The Skunk River rose above the major flood stage of 20 feet in the early morning hours May 29th, and crested at 1030 AM CST May 30 at 24 feet. It continued to exceed major flood stage into early June.
June 2013FloodAugusta-The Skunk River was above the major flood stage of 20 feet to start the month and falls below the major flood stage on the evening of the 2nd.
May 2013FloodAugusta-Heavy rains during the last week of May led to rapid rises on the Skunk River at Augusta, Ia. The river rose above major flood stage of 20 feet in the early morning hours of the 30th and and very gradually rose through the end of the month.

Every storm recorded in Des Moines County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Skunk River4.5 miles17
Middletown4.9 miles11
Spring Grove6.4 miles17
Oak Hills6.8 miles17
Beaverdale7.1 miles17
Danville Center7.1 miles11
Patterson7.3 miles17
Danville7.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454282. 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.