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Cornell, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Herdland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50585. The Survey maps it on the Sioux Rapids quadrangle.

Cornell within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Cornell between 2006 and 2011, burning about 44 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/undetermined3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 December 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources215TH AND 500TH, IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Cornell: 10 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Angier PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Carlson Brothers GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cornell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Niemand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Railroad PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

4 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cornell in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 3 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011HailCornell-Large hail partially covered the ground.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCornell-Thunderstorm winds caused minor tree damage.
April 2022HailCornell-no account filed
September 2004HailCornell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Maclay (historical)3.9 miles9
Greenville5.0 miles7
Rossie5.4 miles7
Webb6.8 miles9
Gillett Grove7.3 miles7
Peterson11.0 miles9
Royal11.3 miles7
Spencer13.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455632. 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.