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Davis Corners, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Howard Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52155. The Survey maps it on the Lourdes quadrangle.

Davis Corners within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Davis Corners between 2009 and 2020, burning about 140 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
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
20 April 2019Debris and open burning35 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2020Equipment and vehicle use65 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Davis Corners: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. 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
Davis Corners QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dotzler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nelson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schley Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Souhrada QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Howard County

Storms near this place

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davis Corners in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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
May 2008Thunderstorm WindDavis Corners$185,000An apparent downburst hit the parking lot of Featherlite Trailers damaging 36 trailers. Many of them were tossed into the air or into other trailers. The damage occurred after security had left the facility and was found the next morning. Although not impossible, there was not ample evidence to document this as a brief tornado touchdown.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindDavis Corners$65,000In Davis Corners, trees were blown down, a shed was demolished, an outbuilding had the front overhead door blown in along with a wall and backdoor blown out. The roof on a house was totaled by the winds. Another business had a metal building with several puncture holes from flying debris and had an outbuilding blown down.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindDavis Corners$40,000Two outbuildings were blown apart and a branch was forced through the wall of a home northeast of Davis Corners.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindDavis Corners$30,000Trees were uprooted, power poles snapped and a metal barn roof was partially blown off west of Davis Corners.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindDavis Corners$12,000A semi truck was blown over on U.S. Highway 63 north of Davis Corners and sustained minor damage.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindDavis Corners$5,000Trees were blown down south of Davis Corners and a roof was blown off of a unknown building type.
June 2020Funnel CloudDavis Corners-A funnel cloud was seen west of Saratoga.
April 2004HailDavis Corners-no account filed
June 2004Tornado (F0)Davis Corners-no account filed
August 1996Tornado (F0)Davis Corners-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Howard 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
Lime Springs5.5 miles7
Maple Leaf5.5 miles7
Saratoga5.7 miles7
Schley6.2 miles7
Lidtke Mill6.5 miles7
Bonair6.6 miles7
Lourdes7.5 miles7
Forest City (historical)8.5 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455808. 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.