Deerfield, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Deerfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50603. The Survey maps it on the Elma quadrangle.
On record in Deerfield
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- George Darrow Round Barnlisted 1986 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Elma quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Charles City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Deerfield between 2009 and 2018, burning about 156 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | FAYETTE & 100TH ST., IOWA |
| 5 January 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Deerfield: 4 past producers. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cecelia Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kane | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kobliska | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deerfield in 11 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 4 flood, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2010 | Flood | Deerfield | 1 hurt, $7,000 | A 13-year old girl was swept into a flooded creek in rural Alta Vista when cutting across a field after being dropped off a school bus. She was swept into and through a culvert before escaping. She was treated for hypothermia (direct injury) and released.||In addition, 15 roads were closed or washed out across the county. Some of this damage was due to water running over roads as culverts were frozen shut or plugged with ice. ||Other minor flooding of low lying areas and small streams and creeks was reported across the county from the evening of March 10th through the early morning of March 13th. |
| August 2021 | Flood | Deerfield | $500,000 | Numerous roads were closed across Chickasaw County because of flood waters in the Ionia area. The East Fork of the Wapsipinicon River went out of its banks forcing officials to close U.S. Highway 18 near Fredericksburg. A train attempting to cross the Wapsipinicon River southwest of New Hampton derailed causing officials to evacuate nearby residents when one of the tank cars leaked some anhydrous ammonia. |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Deerfield | $330,000 | The second tornado of the night in Chickasaw County formed southwest of Alta Vista and moved northeast before crossing into Howard County along County Line Road just east of the Little Wapsipinicon River. This tornado was rated EF0. The tornado damaged a greenhouse facility, otherwise, damage was limited to trees. |
| August 2016 | Flood | Deerfield | $20,000 | Heavy rains caused street flooding to occur in New Hampton with 4 to 5 feet of water reported in some places. Basements in the area were also flooded. Before sunrise on the 24th, water levels continued to rise on many county roads, even those that were not near any rivers or streams. Crane Creek overflowed its banks in Jerico with the flooding primarily limited to agricultural fields and homeowner's yards. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Deerfield | $5,000 | A number of county roads across Chickasaw County were closed due to wash outs. Sandbags were needed on the east side of New Hampton because of the high water. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deerfield | $2,000 | Trees were snapped off southwest of Alta Vista. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deerfield | $2,000 | The tops of several trees were blown down southwest of Alta Vista. |
| June 2016 | Flood | Deerfield | $2,000 | Some basements were flooded west of Alta Vista by runoff from heavy rains. Some minor street flooding also occurred. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Deerfield | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Deerfield | - | Runoff from heavy rains caused numerous streams to go out of their banks across Chickasaw County. Roads throughout the township of New Hampton were had to be closed because of flood waters. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Deerfield | - | A tornado touched down across northwest Chickasaw County southwest of Alta Vista. The tornado traveled north-northeast across rural parts of the county before passing into Howard County southwest of Elma. This was spotted by area fire departments. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Vista | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| North Washington | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Bassett | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Devon | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Chickasaw | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Ionia | 9.2 miles | 7 | |
| New Hampton | 11.9 miles | 7 | |
| Jerico | 12.6 miles | 7 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Deerfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5250880 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464515. 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.




