Blue Grass, Iowa

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Buffalo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52726. The Survey maps it on the Walcott quadrangle.

Blue Grass within Scott County

On record in Blue Grass

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 1 record

Nebergall "Knoll Crest" Round Barnlisted 1986

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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.

1890 USGS Durant quadrangle1:62500
1894 USGS Durant quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1901 USGS Rock Island quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1910 USGS Rock Island quadrangle1:125000
1953 USGS Walcott quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1991 USGS Walcott quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Blue Grass in 2011, burning about 1 acre 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	1

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
9 October 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	1687 HWY J-22, IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Blue Grass: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Cargill Salt Terminal Sa	Salt	Producer
Davenport Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Smokey Hollow Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Scott County

Storms near this place

29 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blue Grass in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 funnel cloud. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 2001	Tornado (F2)	Blue Grass	3 hurt	no account filed
March 2017	Tornado (EF2)	Blue Grass	$50,000	This is a continuation of the Tornado that started in Muscatine County. Power poles were snapped, a house was un-roofed, and numerous farm outbuildings and trees were damaged.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Blue Grass	$40,000	Winds destroyed a two story building at a local race track. This building housed the announcer's booth, concession stand, and track offices.
July 2003	Hail	Blue Grass	$30,000	no account filed
August 2003	Hail	Blue Grass	$10,000	no account filed
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Blue Grass	$200	Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph caused some tree and property damage about 1 mile south of Blue Grass, IA around 425 pm June 23. A flag pole was bent. A gazebo was blown over. Several tree limbs were blown down. Pea-sized hail and a power outage was also observed.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Blue Grass	-	A public report of a downed wooden light pole onto a baseball field. The time of the event was estimated using radar.
February 2024	Hail	Blue Grass	-	Report relayed by media.
March 2022	Tornado (EF0)	Blue Grass	-	A NWS Storm Survey found that a brief weak tornado damaged a shed and some trees. The peak estimated wind speed is 65 MPH.
November 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Blue Grass	-	An NWS Employee reported a tree down near their residence. The time of the event was estimated using radar.
June 2020	Hail	Blue Grass	-	A trained spotter driving through Blue Grass reported hail that was three quarters of an inch or larger with wind gusts around 55 MPH.
June 2020	Hail	Blue Grass	-	An off duty firefighter reported quarter to golf ball size hail.
July 2013	Flood	Blue Grass	-	The Mississippi River at Rock Island rose to its major flood stage level at 1 am CDT July 1, remaining at that level until 1 am CDT July 2. \|\|The Mississippi River at Muscatine rose to its major flood stage level at 1 pm CDT July 1, remaining at that level until 7 pm CDT July 1.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Blue Grass	-	Wind gusts were estimated to be 70 mph in Blue Grass, IA around 533 pm June 19.
June 2008	Hail	Blue Grass	-	Penny-sized hail fell in Blue Grass, IA at 7:25 pm June 12.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Blue Grass	-	Tree limbs were blown down in Blue Grass.
August 2002	Tornado (F0)	Blue Grass	-	An F0 tornado touched down briefly north of Blue Grass tearing down a large tree limb. Otherwise, no injuries or damage was reported.
May 2001	Funnel Cloud	Blue Grass	-	Two funnel clouds reported by trained storm spotter.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Blue Grass	-	Several 6 inch limbs downed. Reported by off duty NWS employee.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Blue Grass	-	Several tree limbs and power poles downed.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Blue Grass	-	Power lines downed.
September 2017	Hail	Blue Grass	-	no account filed
November 2013	Hail	Blue Grass	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Blue Grass	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Blue Grass	-	no account filed
August 2002	Funnel Cloud	Blue Grass	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Blue Grass	-	no account filed
June 1999	Hail	Blue Grass	-	no account filed
October 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Blue Grass	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Jamestown	3.2 miles	19
Buffalo Heights	3.7 miles	19
Buffalo	4.3 miles	19
Little Groves	4.5 miles	18
Walcott	5.2 miles	15
Linwood	5.5 miles	19
Walcott Eststes	6.0 miles	15
Walnut Grove	6.2 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454709. 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.