BlockCanby, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Prussia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50048. The Survey maps it on the Canby quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Canby quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Canby in 2011, burning about 80 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 150TH AND LEWIS SE OF CASEY, IA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canby in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 1 tornado, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Flood | Canby | $50,000 | Water was reported over 120th St just east of Highway 25 near the Freedom Rock, which was overflow from the Middle River. Several gravel roads were flooded in and around the Middle River across Adair County. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Canby | $50,000 | Emergency manager reported gravel roads in the area under water, and creeks and streams rising fast. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Canby | $5,000 | Path was intermittent for several miles after developing with condensation funnel not always visible. However, a persistent funnel eventually formed and was well documented as it moved across northern Adair County. It remained in rural areas with only minor damage to a few outbuildings and trees. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canby | - | A personal weather station measured a 79 mph wind gust. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linwood | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Prussia | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Berea | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lemont (historical) | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Rosserdale | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Fontanelle | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Greenfield | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Howe | 10.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465950. 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.