BlockEagle Center, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Eagle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50701. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Center quadrangle. It stands 951 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Eagle Center quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Marshalltown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Eagle Center: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterloo South Quarry | Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Copper | Past Producer | Barite, Fluorite, Pyrite | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mullen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Newton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Newton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Newton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Waterloo South | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Waterloo South Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagle Center in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Eagle Center | $1,000 | Tornado touched down briefly in open country. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Center | - | Public reported a severe wind gust of 63 mph measured from their home weather station. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Center | - | Iowa DOT reported tree across IA-175 blocking road east of Reinbeck between T69 and D46. Time estimated by radar and is a delayed report. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Eagle Center | - | Media relayed reports of quarter sized hail from social media. Time estimated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louise | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Blessing | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Orange | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Voorhies | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Washburn | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hudson | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Cedar Knoll Park | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cedar Falls Junction | 7.9 miles | 10 |
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 Eagle Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5325045 | 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 456089. 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.
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.