Casey, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Thompson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50048. It stands on South Fork Middle River. The Survey maps it on the Casey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Casey quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Casey between 2007 and 2020, burning about 155 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 burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 3180 OLEANDER TRAIL, IA |
| 4 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Casey: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Casey in 29 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Hail | Casey | $500,000 | Massive hail and wind storm crossed across southern portions of Guthrie county. Hail as large as baseballs and winds of up to 70 mph produced widespread damage to houses, buildings and crops. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Casey | $500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Flood | Casey | $200,000 | Middle River out of its banks and flooding Maple Ave with 2 to 3 feet of water. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Casey | $100,000 | Ping pong ball size hail and severe winds combined to shred siding and crops and break windows across the area. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casey | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Casey | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flood | Casey | $25,000 | Water was over Highway 25. |
| October 2007 | Flash Flood | Casey | $25,000 | Water was reported over highway 925 and was still rising at the time of th is report. |
| October 2007 | Flash Flood | Casey | $25,000 | Eight inches of water was flowing over White Pole Road west of Casey. County road crew were heading to the scene to close the road at the time of this report. |
| October 2007 | Flash Flood | Casey | $25,000 | Water was reported over White Pole Road 1 mile west of Casey. |
| April 2007 | Flash Flood | Casey | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casey | $10,000 | Northern half of roof on a house blown into the trees. Time estimated from radar. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casey | $10,000 | Report from schoolnet site SADI4. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Casey | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Casey | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casey | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Casey | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casey | $5,000 | A trained spotter reported a large tree snapped off about a foot in diameter or more. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casey | $5,000 | Emergency manager reported 10 to 12 inch diameter tree branches down. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Casey | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casey | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Casey | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casey | - | Trained spotter reported tree damage. |
| May 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Casey | - | Trained spotter just north of Menlo noted a funnel cloud to the WNW. Location was approximate at the time. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Casey | - | KCCI relayed a viewer measured heavy rainfall amount of 4.66 inches. |
| June 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Casey | - | Public reported possible funnel cloud just east of Casey. Reporter was a former fire department spotter. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Casey | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Casey | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Casey | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menlo | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Adair | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Glendon | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Monteith | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| Stuart | 10.6 miles | 11 | |
| Dale | 11.3 miles | 11 | |
| Guthrie Center | 11.9 miles | 9 | |
| Morrisburgh (historical) | 12.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455198. 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.





