BlockCarnforth, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52347. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Victor quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Victor quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Grinnell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Carnforth between 2006 and 2017, burning about 95 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 400TH ST. AND HWY 21, IA |
| 5 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 4341 235TH ST. GUERNSEY, IA |
| 5 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | HARTWICK RD & STATE HWY 21, IA |
| 20 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2162 IA/POWESHIEK RD, IA |
| 25 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carnforth in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 flood, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Carnforth | $50,000 | Damage to a home and outbuildings. Trees were uprooted and road signs pulled out of the ground. Damage path was about 2 miles long. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Carnforth | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Flood | Carnforth | - | Approximately 10 secondary road closures due to water over the road in northern parts of the county. |
| May 2024 | Flood | Carnforth | - | Report of flooding via mping. |
| June 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Carnforth | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartwick | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Guernsey | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Brooklyn | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Holiday Lake | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Deep River | 9.9 miles | 8 | |
| Dresden | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Malcom | 11.1 miles | 8 | |
| Montezuma | 13.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455178. 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.