Carmel, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Plato Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51247. The Survey maps it on the Hull quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hull quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Rock Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Carmel between 2006 and 2020, burning about 40 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Carmel: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Van Zee S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Western Eng | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carmel in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | - | Large trees blown down. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | - | Social media reports of a large tree split by high winds. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Carmel | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding of streets, basements, local small streams, and yards. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Carmel | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Carmel | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westbrook Village | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Sioux Center | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Perkins | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Rock Valley | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Lebanon | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hull | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| Highland Park | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Middleburg | 8.9 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455174. 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.



