BlockChurchville, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50211. The Survey maps it on the Cumming quadrangle. It stands 971 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1951 USGS St. Charles quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Cumming quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Churchville between 2013 and 2015, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 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:
Storms near this place
34 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Churchville in 34 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 27 flood, 3 heavy rain, 2 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Churchville | $20,000,000 | This is a continuation of the tornado which started in Madison county and passed into Warren county. The tornado remained very broad with a maximum width of up to 500 yards at times. Video evidence supports a multi-vortex circulation with the tornado across much of Warren county. The tornado cross Interstate 35 shortly after entering the county but fortunately, no vehicles were impacted. The tornado remained in rural areas to the west southwest of Norwalk producing mostly tree and outbuilding damage. The tornado passed along the southeast edge of Norwalk producing EF0 to EF1 damage along Coolidge Street and along Highway G14 near Warrior Run Golf Course. The tornado crossed Highway 5 just west of the intersections of Highway 5 and Highway 69 approaching the southeast side of Des Moines. The tornado entered into Polk county shortly after crossing Highway 69 near the intersection of Highway 69 and Indianola Avenue. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Churchville | $300,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Flood | Churchville | $250,000 | The Middle River at Indianola crested at 24.90 feet at 2:15 PM CDT on 29 July. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Churchville | $250,000 | The Middle River at Indianola crested at 23.85 feet at 11:15 AM CST on 25 June. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Churchville | $150,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Flood | Churchville | $100,000 | The North River at Norwalk crested at 23.26 feet on 26 May 2019 at 03:45 UTC. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Churchville | $100,000 | The North River at Norwalk crested at 23.59 feet at 4:00 PM CST on 26 June. |
| September 2014 | Flood | Churchville | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Flood | Churchville | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Flood | Churchville | $100,000 | no account filed |
| December 2015 | Flood | Churchville | $50,000 | The Middle River crested at 23.49 feet on 14 December 2015 at 18:15 UTC. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Churchville | $50,000 | The North River crested at 24.05 feet on 15 December 2015 at 14:00 UTC. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Churchville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Flood | Churchville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Flood | Churchville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Flood | Churchville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Churchville | $25,000 | Department of Transportation reported water over the road on I-35 Northbound at mile marker 61. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Churchville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Flood | Churchville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Flood | Churchville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Flood | Churchville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Flood | Churchville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Flood | Churchville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Flood | Churchville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Flood | Churchville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Flood | Churchville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Churchville | - | Report via mping. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Churchville | - | Report via mping. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Churchville | - | The Middle River at Indianola crested at 25.19 feet on 13 March 2019 at 15:30 UTC. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Churchville | - | The Middle River at Indianola crested at 23.92 feet likely due to an ice jam on 12 March 2019 at 07:30 UTC. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Churchville | - | The North River at Norwalk crested at 24.41 feet on 15 March 2019 at 10:30 UTC. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Churchville | - | Public reported measured heavy rainfall of 7.56 inches through 10:30 pm. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Churchville | - | Rainfall of 5.75 inches. |
| April 2013 | Heavy Rain | Churchville | - | Rainfall of 4.55 inches in the past 24 hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prole | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Martensdale | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Conger | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Wick | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Greenbush | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Hill | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Cumming | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| West Saint Marys | 6.1 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Churchville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5118269 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455413. 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.