BlockCarbon, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Soap Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52537. The Survey maps it on the Ottumwa South 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 Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Ottumwa South quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Ottumwa South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Carbon between 2004 and 2020, burning about 709 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 | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 115 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 500 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 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 Carbon: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drill Hole | Zinc | Past Producer | Sphalerite | |
| Welch Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carbon in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Carbon | $25,000 | Bridge impassable due to flash flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floris | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Belknap | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Dunnville (historical) | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant View (historical) | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Ash Grove | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Drakesville | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Blackhawk (historical) | 10.0 miles | 7 | |
| Bloomfield | 10.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464490. 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.