BlockCleves, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Etna Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50601. The Survey maps it on the Steamboat Rock quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Steamboat Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Cleves in 2006, burning about 1 acre 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/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cleves: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Frericks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hardin City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cleves in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleves | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleves | - | Peak wind gust from the Steamboat Rock RWIS station. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleves | - | Mesonet station in 3 miles north of Steamboat Rock recorded a 61 mph wind gust. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleves | - | Steamboat Rock RWIS measured sustained winds of 55 mph, including an 88 mph wind gust. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleves | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Abbott Crossing (historical) | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Steamboat Rock | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Robertson | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Eagle City | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Ackley | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Macey | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Berlin | 7.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455476. 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.