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Carrville, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Riverton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50616. The Survey maps it on the Bassett quadrangle.

Carrville within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

23 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Carrville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 326 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
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10

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
5 September 2020Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1195 BEAUMONT WAY, IA
6 April 2015Debris and open burning4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2015Debris and open burning4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2019Debris and open burning50 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

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 Carrville: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Boevers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Little Cedar PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boise QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bunn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Chickasaw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
MeyerStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Floyd County

Storms near this place

16 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carrville in 16 storm reports between 1999 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 heavy rain, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2013Flash FloodCarrville$80,000Heavy rain across Floyd County caused flash flooding to occur at numerous locations. Water covered some roads near Floyd causing some washouts. Numerous roads became impassable with washouts in and near Nora Springs and roads on the east side of Charles City also became covered with water. The Shell Rock River topped the levee in Nora Springs washing away a 40 foot section of the levee.
April 2021LightningCarrville$40,000A house fire outside of Charles City was started by a lightning strike as thunderstorms moved across northeast Iowa during the morning of April 6th. The damage from the fire was limited to the attic and roof of the home and no injuries occurred.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindCarrville$30,000A small shed and a metal outbuilding were blown over and destroyed south of Charles City.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCarrville$10,000no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCarrville$5,000Antennas and tree limbs were blown down by an estimated 60 mph wind gust at the Iowa State University agriculture farm west of Nashua.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindCarrville$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down south of Charles City making some roads impassable.
August 2021Heavy RainCarrville-North of Nashua, 8.92 inches of rain fell.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindCarrville-An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred south of Charles City.
May 2017HailCarrville-Quarter sized hail fell south of Charles City.
June 2016Heavy RainCarrville-The COOP observer southwest of Nashua measured 3.79 inches of rain.
September 2016Heavy RainCarrville-West of Nashua, 7.55 inches of rain fell.
June 2014HailCarrville-Golf ball sized hail fell just west of Nashua.
July 1999Tornado (F1)Carrville-Tornado continued into Chickasaw County.
May 2017HailCarrville-no account filed
May 2015HailCarrville-no account filed
October 2013HailCarrville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Floyd 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
Midway1.6 miles7
Doubleday (historical)6.2 miles7
Charles City6.5 miles7
Powersville7.8 miles9
Nilesville9.3 miles7
Colwell10.2 miles7
Floyd Crossing10.5 miles7
Oakwood10.7 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455185. 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.