Chickasaw, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Chickasaw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50645. The Survey maps it on the Ionia quadrangle.
On record in Chickasaw
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Chickasaw Octagon Houselisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Ionia quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Charles City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Chickasaw between 2006 and 2020, burning about 618 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Chickasaw: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biglow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Boevers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Boise Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bunn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Chickasaw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Little Cedar Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chickasaw in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 4 heavy rain, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Flood | Chickasaw | - | Heavy rain during the middle of August allowed the Little Cedar River at Ionia to rise into flood stage during the afternoon on August 18th. The site crested at 12.06 ft in minor flood stage during the evening on August 18th before falling below flood stage during the early morning hours on August 19th. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Chickasaw | - | Significant runoff from heavy rainfall upstream resulted in rapid rises and minor flooding along the Little Cedar River near Ionia on May 16th. Minor flooding was initially realized late on May 15th, with the river cresting 0.68 feet above flood stage of 10.0 feet during the early morning of May 16th. It then fell below flood stage that afternoon. |
| August 2021 | Heavy Rain | Chickasaw | - | West of Ionia, 6.95 inches of rain fell. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Chickasaw | - | West of Ionia, 8.39 inches of rain fell. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Chickasaw | - | Near Ionia, 6.38 inches of rain fell. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Chickasaw | - | The COOP observer west of Ionia measured 3.68 inches of rain. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Chickasaw | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Chickasaw | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455387. 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.




