BlockCoal Creek, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50268. The Survey maps it on the Gibson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Gibson quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Coal Creek between 2009 and 2011, burning about 103 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 3408 170 ST, IA |
| 25 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Coal Creek: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Bituminous. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What Cheer Clay Products Co. Pits | Clay, Bituminous | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coal Creek in 11 storm reports between 2009 and 2014: 9 flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Flood | Coal Creek | $500,000 | Heavy rains during the second week of May resulted in the Skunk River at Sigourney going above the moderate flood stage level of 18 feet on May 13 around 5 am. It crested several times between 19.1 and 19.3 feet from 7pm May 13 to 1 pm May 16. It finally fell below the moderate flood stage level around 9 pm May 17. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Coal Creek | $500,000 | Heavy rains during the second and third weeks of June resulted in the Skunk River at Sigourney going above the moderate flood stage level of 18 feet on June 12 around 11 pm. It crested above major flood stage around 22.2 feet at 7 am June 16. After falling below the moderate flood stage on the 23rd, it rose back above it on the afternoon of the 26th. It crested again at 18.2 feet at 1 am June 27. It fell below the moderate flood stage level around 4 am June 27. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Coal Creek | $500,000 | Heavy rains during the last week of April resulted in the North Skunk River at Sigourney going above the moderate flood stage level of 18 feet on April 30th around 11 am. It crested around 19.17 feet around 8:45 pm April 30. It fell below the moderate flood stage level around 6 pm on May 1. |
| August 2010 | Flood | Coal Creek | $500,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Flood | Coal Creek | $500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Flood | Coal Creek | $250,000 | Heavy rains during the middle of the month resulted in the Skunk River at Sigourney going above the moderate flood stage level of 18 feet on June 22nd around 5 am. It crested around 19.13 feet around 1115 pm on June 22 and again around 18.56 feet around 1145 pm on June 23. It fell below the moderate flood stage level around 3 pm June 24. |
| August 2010 | Flood | Coal Creek | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Flood | Coal Creek | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Coal Creek | $20,000 | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding during the late night hours of June 14 and morning hours of June 15 in and east of What Cheer, IA to about 6 miles south of Sigourney, IA. Several roads were covered by the flood waters. Coal Creek overflowed its banks. Highway 21, Barnes Street, in What Cheer was flooded. Griffin Park and a baseball diamond in What Cheer flooded. A home was surrounded by water at least 1 foot deep. Several area rivers and streams and farm fields were flooded. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Coal Creek | - | Law enforcement reported 140th street at 110th avenue closed due to high water. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Coal Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vulcan (historical) | 1.7 miles | 7 | |
| Jamestown | 2.1 miles | 7 | |
| Rosetta (historical) | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Gibson | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| What Cheer | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Thornburg | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Atwood (historical) | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Keswick | 8.2 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455493. 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.