Cambria, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50060. The Survey maps it on the Humeston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1934 USGS Corydon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Humeston quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Corydon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Leon quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Humeston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Cambria between 2006 and 2020, burning about 507 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | S OF 60TH AND VALE IN WAYNE CO, IA |
| 5 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | VALE & 60TH IN WAYNE CO., IA |
| 24 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cambria in 11 storm reports between 2007 and 2015: 4 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Cambria | $500,000 | Two people were rescued from vehicles at two locations southeast of Corydon. Seven to ten inch rainfall amounts were received. Travel was not advised on county roads. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Cambria | $25,000 | Flash flooding reported in Cambria. Ditches filled with water with the water running over the roads. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Cambria | $15,000 | Part of a gravel road was washed out by flash flooding. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Cambria | $10,000 | Law Enforcement reported a partially washed out gravel road on 100th just north of Timber Road north of J22. |
| July 2009 | Flood | Cambria | $10,000 | Quail Run Road between 80th and 90th street was under water. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cambria | $10,000 | A 20 inch diameter Ash tree was split in half, along with several other large tree limbs down in the town of Cambria. In addition, one 18 inch diameter tree limb was downed. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cambria | $5,000 | Several 8 inch diameter trees were down in the town of Cambria. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Cambria | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Cambria | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Cambria | - | A brief touchdown in open country was observed with no damage. |
| July 2008 | Heavy Rain | Cambria | - | Rainfall of 2.8 inches in 25 minutes. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455097. 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.







