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Carlisle, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Allen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50047. The Survey maps it on the Rising Sun quadrangle.

Carlisle within Warren County

On record in Carlisle

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Carlisle: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Carlisle Brick and Tile Co. PitClayPast Producer
OccurrenceZincPast ProducerSphalerite
Avon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Carlisle Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fritz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kibbey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Owens Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pickle Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Robinson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
White Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

18 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carlisle in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 5 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2001Thunderstorm WindCarlisle5 hurt, $20,000School bus overturned by wind gust.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCarlisle$100,000no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindCarlisle$50,000no account filed
July 1998FloodCarlisle$25,000no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindCarlisle$15,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCarlisle$10,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCarlisle$5,000High winds caused tree damage in Carlisle.
April 2006HailCarlisle$5,000no account filed
June 2005HailCarlisle$5,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindCarlisle$5,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindCarlisle$5,000no account filed
June 1998HailCarlisle$5,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCarlisle$3,000no account filed
July 2003HailCarlisle$3,000no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindCarlisle$2,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-Trained spotter report measured wind gust using hand-held anemometer.
June 2011Heavy RainCarlisle-Ponded water a few inches deep was over portions of the road on SE Avon Road in Carlisle.
June 2024Funnel CloudCarlisle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Warren County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Scotch Ridge4.1 miles11
Summerset Junction (historical)4.8 miles11
Palmyra5.3 miles9
Hartford5.4 miles9
Ford (historical)5.5 miles9
Summerset5.6 miles11
Greenbush (historical)5.6 miles9
Ackworth9.3 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455166. 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.

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.