Durant, Iowa
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Farmington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52747. It stands on Big Elkhorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Durant quadrangle.
On record in Durant
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 1 record
St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Parish Halllisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Durant quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Durant quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Rock Island quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1910 USGS Rock Island quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Durant quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Durant quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Durant between 2006 and 2014, 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2930 200TH ST., IA |
| 21 October 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Durant: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Durant in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durant | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durant | $30,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Durant | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durant | $5,000 | A flying barn door took the roof off a silo. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durant | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Durant | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durant | - | Measured using a car mounted anemometer. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Durant | - | A fast moving EF-0 tornado begun on the Muscatine/Cedar counties line. Causing roof damage, tree damage and eventually damage to farm outbuildings. The tornado had wind speeds of 85 MPH and at its widest was 50 yards. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Durant | - | Numerous reports of hail damage to vehicles in town. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durant | - | Report of tree limbs blown down in Durant, one onto a home's roof. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durant | - | Trees down across roads, also a baseball diamond fence was damaged. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durant | - | Trees reported down over roads. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Durant | - | WQAD relayed reports of golf ball sized hail north and west of Durant. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Durant | - | Quarter-sized hail fell in Durant, IA at 739 pm June 18. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durant | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 50 to 60 mph were observed in Durant, IA at 739 pm June 18. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Durant | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Durant | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Durant | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Durant | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durant | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Durant | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunbury | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Ayresville | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Lime City | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Bennett | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Rochester | 14.1 miles | 12 | |
| Tipton | 16.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lowden | 17.8 miles | 15 | |
| Springdale | 19.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 456075. 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.









