BlockCarnarvon, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Viola Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51450. The Survey maps it on the Lake View quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lake View quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ida Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Carnarvon in 2006, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Carnarvon: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hawk Lake State Area Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lake View Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Meister Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Peters Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wall Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carnarvon in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF2) | Carnarvon | $150,000 | This tornado move into Sac county from Carroll county. This tornado passed just on the southeast side of the hamlet of Carnarvon with EF1 damage from a destroyed outbuilding. The tornado continued northeast through rural south and east Sac county producing EF0 to EF1 damage to outbuildings and trees. EF2 damage was observed when power poles were snapped along 310th street east of Union Avenue. The tornado eventually lifted to the southwest of Lytton. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carnarvon | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carnarvon | - | Miso-vortex noted in crop damage in broader strong wind field. Circulation was quite nebulous. Damage was found and documented using high resolution satellite imagery. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hart | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sac City Junction (historical) | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Ulmer | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Wall Lake | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Lakeview | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Lake View | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Grant City | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Auburn | 7.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455175. 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.