BlockBarney, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50149. The Survey maps it on the Lorimor North quadrangle. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1951 USGS Afton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Lorimor North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Barney between 2007 and 2014, burning about 36 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 burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1928 MACKBURG ROAD WINTERSET IA , IA |
| 10 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barney in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 3 funnel cloud, 2 flood, 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Flood | Barney | $50,000 | Water remained over the road in the 3100 block of 330th Street. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Barney | $50,000 | Water was over the road in the 3100 block of 330th Street. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barney | $35,000 | A resident reported the siding was torn off of a house and outbuilding. Windows were also blown out of the house and power was out. |
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Barney | $10,000 | This tornado moved into Madison County from Union County. Upon entering the county, the path of the tornado took a left turn moving nearly due north along Heritage Avenue. It impacted a couple of homesteads along this road producing mainly tree damage before lifting north of 330th Street. |
| February 2007 | Flood | Barney | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Barney | $3,000 | Storm survey concluded a small tornado occurred in many rural areas of Madison county. One small outbuilding was damaged with minor crop and tree damage. |
| June 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Barney | - | Funnel cloud reported near outflow boundary. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Barney | - | Chaser video shows a funnel cloud, but unknown if it reached the ground. This is a delayed report. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Barney | - | Madison County law reported a funnel cloudy near the intersection of Millstream Ave and 305th St. |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Barney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17515004 | 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 464456. 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.
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.