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Eddyville, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Columbia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52553. The Survey maps it on the Eddyville quadrangle.

Eddyville within Wapello County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

4 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Eddyville between 2015 and 2018, burning about 206 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 April 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesEDDYVILLE VFD
11 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wapello County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Eddyville: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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
Drill HoleZincPast ProducerSphalerite
Archie Harding QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Eddyville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Halverson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Reese QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Eddyville Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hargis BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wapello County

Storms near this place

57 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eddyville in 57 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 25 flood, 19 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 flash flood. The reports record 50 injuries. 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 2010FloodEddyville50 hurt, $10,000no account filed
August 2010FloodEddyville$2,000,000no account filed
June 2008FloodEddyville$1,000,000no account filed
July 2010FloodEddyville$500,000no account filed
June 2011FloodEddyville$300,000no account filed
June 2010FloodEddyville$200,000no account filed
May 2013FloodEddyville$150,000no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindEddyville$100,000Emergency manager reported several trees down across the city of Eddyville, a utility pole snapped, and two houses that had trees that fell on top of them. Degree of damage to the homes was unknown at the time. This is a delayed report and time estimated form radar.
June 2010FloodEddyville$100,000no account filed
March 2008FloodEddyville$100,000no account filed
May 1998HailEddyville$100,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindEddyville$100,000no account filed
June 2011FloodEddyville$75,000no account filed
July 2011FloodEddyville$50,000no account filed
May 2011FloodEddyville$50,000no account filed
June 2010FloodEddyville$50,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindEddyville$50,000no account filed
June 2010Flash FloodEddyville$25,000Water over the Highway 63 exit number 53 on the southeast edge of Eddyville.
May 2011FloodEddyville$25,000no account filed
April 2010FloodEddyville$25,000no account filed
March 2010FloodEddyville$25,000no account filed
March 2009FloodEddyville$25,000no account filed
March 2009FloodEddyville$25,000no account filed
August 2007FloodEddyville$25,000no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindEddyville$25,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindEddyville$20,000no account filed
April 2003HailEddyville$20,000no account filed
April 2012HailEddyville$15,000no account filed
May 2019Flash FloodEddyville$10,000Law enforcement reported flowing water over both lanes of Highway 63 at mile marker 53 just south of Eddyville. Depth unknown at the time.
September 2010FloodEddyville$10,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindEddyville$10,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindEddyville$10,000no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindEddyville$5,000Law enforcement reported a large tree down covering about 3/4 of the road near Highway 63 in Eddyville. Time estimated by radar.
June 2008HailEddyville$5,000Hail ranged in size from pennies to the size of quarters and lasted 3 minutes.
May 2013HailEddyville$5,000no account filed
June 2009FloodEddyville$5,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindEddyville$5,000no account filed
May 2002HailEddyville$5,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindEddyville$5,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindEddyville$5,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindEddyville$5,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindEddyville$3,000no account filed
April 2002HailEddyville$3,000no account filed
March 1998Thunderstorm WindEddyville$3,000no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEddyville$2,000no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEddyville$2,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindEddyville$2,000no account filed
June 2006HailEddyville$2,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindEddyville$2,000no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindEddyville$2,000no account filed
April 2009FloodEddyville$1,000no account filed
July 2018Funnel CloudEddyville-Public reported a funnel cloud, approximately half way to the ground.
August 2016Heavy RainEddyville-Mesonet station recorded heavy rainfall of 2.06 inches.
June 2015Funnel CloudEddyville-Trained spotter reports strong low level rotation and a brief funnel cloud approximately 2 miles southeast of Eddyville.
June 2010FloodEddyville-no account filed
August 2008FloodEddyville-no account filed
May 2008FloodEddyville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wapello 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
Dudley5.3 miles7
Kirkville7.1 miles7
Chillicothe7.5 miles7
Munterville8.4 miles7
Willard10.7 miles7
Keb (historical)10.7 miles9
Bidwell10.8 miles7
Ottumwa Junction12.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 456224. 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.