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Aureola, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50653. It stands on Ackley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Aureola quadrangle.

Aureola within Floyd County

On record in Aureola

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

12 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Aureola between 2007 and 2020, burning about 153 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 burning6
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
3 May 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 May 2020Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 April 2020Debris and open burning25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2012Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2012Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Aureola: 9 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Lamb QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Maxson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brackel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
F GraceSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Floyd County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aureola in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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
August 2021Tornado (EF1)Aureola$280,000An EF1 tornado developed just to the west of Marble Rock and passed south of town as it traveled southeast. Several farms sustained damage along the track with one farm having nearly every outbuilding destroyed and several large propane tanks were knocked over.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindAureola$10,000Lots of trees and power lines were blown down across the western sections of Floyd County.
December 2021Tornado (EF1)Aureola$5,000This tornado formed in Butler County before crossing into southern Floyd County south of Marble Rock. The tornado remained on the ground for about 3 minutes in Floyd County as it moved across rural areas before dissipating south of Marble Rock. An NWS survey team determined this tornado to have an EF1 rating with damage limited to trees.
August 2008HailAureola$5,000Hail damaged the siding of a home and also soybean fields. This information was relayed via KIMT-TV.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindAureola$1,000Trees were blown down northwest of Marble Rock.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindAureola-An estimated wind gust of 70 mph occurred west of Marble Rock.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindAureola-A wind gust of 60 mph occurred just west of Marble Rock.
August 2008HailAureola-Hail reported was mostly the size of pebbles in the the extreme southwest part of the county.
March 2017HailAureola-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Floyd 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
Marble Rock0.5 miles9
Roseville4.6 miles7
Carney (historical)5.5 miles7
Oakwood6.0 miles7
Rockford6.9 miles7
Powersville10.4 miles9
Rudd11.0 miles7
Floyd Crossing11.1 miles7

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 Q122557435The 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 454284. 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.