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Croton, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52626. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Croton quadrangle.

Croton within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

12 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Croton between 2006 and 2014, burning about 174 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning3

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
9 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resources2446 150TH AVE, SW OF DONNELLSON, IOWA
16 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2014Debris and open burning75 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Croton: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Farmington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
T.E. Driscoll QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lee County

Storms near this place

17 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Croton in 17 storm reports between 2006 and 2026: 9 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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
June 2010FloodCroton$250,000Heavy rains during the third week of June resulted in the Des Moines River at St. Francisville going above the moderate flood stage level of 22 feet on June 22 around 530 am. It crested around 22.8 feet around 7 am June 22. It fell below the moderate flood stage level around 930 pm June 22.
June 2010FloodCroton$250,000Heavy rains during the second week of June resulted in the Des Moines River at St. Francisville going above the moderate flood stage level of 22 feet on June 13 around 12 pm. It crested around 22.2 feet around 7 pm June 13. It fell below the moderate flood stage level around 8 pm June 13.
May 2010FloodCroton$250,000Heavy rains during the second week of May resulted in the Des Moines River at St. Francisville going above the moderate flood stage level of 22 feet on May 13 around 6 am. It crested around 23 feet around 7 am May 13. It fell below the moderate flood stage level around 12 pm May 13.
July 2010FloodCroton$250,000no account filed
August 2010FloodCroton$250,000no account filed
June 2011FloodCroton$125,000no account filed
July 2010FloodCroton$125,000no account filed
August 2010FloodCroton$125,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCroton$25,000Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down some trees and power lines about 8 miles northwest of Argyle, IA around 330 am June 22.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCroton$5,000Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down some trees and power lines in Croton, IA around 705 pm July 27.
March 2026Tornado (EF1)Croton-An EF1 tornado with peak winds of 95 to 100 mph began its 1.5 mile long path by downing some tree branches. The tornado increased in strength causing damage to the door of a farm outbuilding along with damage to additional farm out buildings. The tornado continued east along 230th street, causing sporadic tree damage for around 1 mile. The tornado then strengthened even more near 230th street and 160th avenue, where it destroyed two farm outbuildings and snapped numerous tree trunks. This is where the tornado was the strongest. Shortly after crossing 160th street, the tornado weakened and eventually dissipated. The tornado had a max width of 50 yards.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCroton-A public report of trees uprooted.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindCroton-A trained spotter reported numerous trees down. Time of the event was estimated using radar.
June 2008HailCroton-Penny-sized hail fell about 4 miles northeast of Croton, IA at 6:17 pm June 12.
June 2006HailCroton-1 mile east of Van Buren/Lee line on highway 2; entire hail duration was 10 minutes.
June 2017HailCroton-no account filed
April 2013FloodCroton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lee 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
Keteban Switch (historical)3.9 miles12
Primrose6.5 miles12
Donnellson7.6 miles12
Argyle7.7 miles12
Charleston8.5 miles12
Vincennes9.1 miles17
Sharon9.5 miles12
New Boston10.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455735. 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.