BlockButler Center, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50602. The Survey maps it on the Butler Center quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Butler Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Butler Center between 2009 and 2015, burning about 50 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Butler Center: 1 past producer, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oltmann Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Butler Center in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Butler Center | $10,000 | Water was reported over the road along County Road C45, 2 miles east of Highway 14. |
| July 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Butler Center | - | Storm Chaser report of a tornado southeast of Allison. Track was determined through use of high resolution satellite imagery. No damage indicators were impacted, therefore the EFU rating. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Butler Center | - | Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail. This is a delayed report and time estimated from radar. |
| June 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Butler Center | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allison | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Coster | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| New Albion | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Pilot Rock | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Eleanor | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Kesley | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Parkersburg | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Bristow | 8.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464484. 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.