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Carrollton, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Newton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50058. The Survey maps it on the Coon Rapids North quadrangle.

Carrollton within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Carrollton between 2006 and 2011, burning about 115 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/undetermined5

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
15 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 October 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources5008 290TH , IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Carrollton: 4 past producers. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Viola HartSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carroll County

Storms near this place

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carrollton in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2018: 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2018HailCarrollton$5,000Trained spotter reported up to golf ball sized hail, including damage to the top of his truck.
August 2018HailCarrollton-Public reported quarter sized hail. This is a delayed report.
June 2015Heavy RainCarrollton-Public reported heavy rainfall of 4.90 inches over the last 24 hours.

Every storm recorded in Carroll 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
Willey4.4 miles9
Dedham5.0 miles9
Coon Rapids6.6 miles9
Glidden7.5 miles8
Ralston8.8 miles8
Roselle9.5 miles8
Carroll10.2 miles8
Templeton10.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455183. 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.