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Denhart, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Magor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50447. The Survey maps it on the Kanawha quadrangle.

Denhart within Hancock County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Denhart in 2006, burning about 5 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/undetermined2

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
4 November 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 November 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hancock County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Denhart: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hancock County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Denhart in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2017: 3 hail, 3 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
September 2015HailDenhart$5,000Trained spotter reported hail about the size as a 50 cent piece.
April 2010HailDenhart$2,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindDenhart-Trained spotter reported 60 mph wind gusts along with penny sized hail and small tree branches down. This is a delayed report and time estimated by radar.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindDenhart-Trained spotter reported 50 to 60 mph winds with small hail stones about the size of dimes. Winds lasted roughly 3 to 4 minutes.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindDenhart-Dime size hail also reported. Lasted roughly 3 to 4 minutes.
June 2012HailDenhart-Dime to nickel size hail.

Every storm recorded in Hancock 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
Kanawha4.6 miles9
Corwith4.9 miles9
Stilson5.0 miles7
Hutchins8.7 miles7
Britt9.8 miles7
Duncan12.8 miles7
Goodell13.9 miles9
Klemme14.5 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464516. 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.