BlockBoxholm, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50040. The Survey maps it on the Boxholm quadrangle.
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 Ogden quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Boxholm quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Carroll quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Carroll quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Boxholm in 2016, 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | DAYTON FIRE DEPARTMENT |
Storms near this place
37 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boxholm in 37 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 4 flood, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Boxholm | $250,000 | Tornado moved across Boone County and moved into Webster County. |
| April 2007 | Flood | Boxholm | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Boxholm | $40,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxholm | $25,000 | Emergency manager reported power lines down in town. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxholm | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Flood | Boxholm | $20,000 | Emergency manager reported road closure at 250th street and C Ave in Boone County due to water out of its banks along Beaver Creek. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Boxholm | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxholm | $15,000 | Winds of 60 to 65 MPH were estimated in Boxholm. Multiple three to four inch diameter tree limbs down. Several transformers blown. |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Boxholm | $10,000 | Emergency Manager reported some water over county roads in northern portions of the county at times. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Boxholm | $10,000 | Boone County EM reports golf ball size hail with tree branches coming down in strong winds. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxholm | $10,000 | Four inch tree limbs were blown down in town. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxholm | $10,000 | Half inch size hail reported with 60 MPH winds in Boxholm. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Boxholm | $10,000 | Public reported golf ball size hail in the Boxholm area. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxholm | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Boxholm | $5,000 | Trained spotter reported standing water knee deep in parts of town. Approximately 8 inches of rain measured. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Boxholm | $5,000 | Emergency Manager reported ping pong to golf ball hail. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxholm | $5,000 | Corn field flattened by wind gust. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxholm | $5,000 | Pea hail accompanied the high wind. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxholm | $5,000 | Power line reported down in Boxholm. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxholm | $5,000 | A semi-tractor trailer was overturned with no injuries reported. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Boxholm | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxholm | $3,000 | Tree limbs of three to four inches in diameter down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxholm | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Boxholm | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxholm | $1,000 | Vehicle moved 10 feet by winds. Vehicle was in park. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxholm | - | Delayed social media picture of power poles down near Boxholm. Time of occurrence estimated from radar. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxholm | - | Widespread tree damage in town with a few shingles blown off roofs. Delayed report, time estimated by radar. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxholm | - | Trees down in neighborhood with power outage. Delayed report, time estimated via radar. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Boxholm | - | Report via mping app. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Boxholm | - | Trained spotter reported Big Creek out of its banks east of Boone causing agricultural flooding. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Boxholm | - | WHO TV relayed public report of quarter sized hail. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boxholm | - | A large tree was downed in a yard. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Boxholm | - | Public reported heavy rainfall of 4.50 inches. |
| August 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Boxholm | - | There were numerous reports of funnel clouds across northern Boone County. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Boxholm | - | Ten minutes of pea to nickel size hail. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Boxholm | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Boxholm | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Mound | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Wolf | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Fraser | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Beaver | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Ridgeport | 10.0 miles | 12 | |
| Ogden | 10.3 miles | 11 | |
| Centerville | 10.7 miles | 13 | |
| Logansport | 11.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454780. 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.