Cloud, Iowa

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Dallas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50049. It stands on Wildcat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Melcher-Dallas quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cloud within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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.

1924 USGS Melcher quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
1982 USGS Melcher quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Cloud (historical) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 273 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Debris and open burning	5

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
23 May 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 April 2015	Debris and open burning	150 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
4 April 2013	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
15 April 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	55311 285TH AVE. , IA
22 March 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 March 2015	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
27 February 2016	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	VIRGINIA TOWNSHIP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cloud (historical): 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Melcher Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Nichols Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Flagstone	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Marion 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Melcher-Dallas	3.5 miles	10
Newbern	4.0 miles	11
Bauer	4.3 miles	11
Columbia	4.5 miles	10
Gosport	4.9 miles	10
Caloma	8.1 miles	9
Indiana	11.3 miles	10
Donley Station (historical)	11.4 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464265. 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.