BlockEldorado, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52175. It stands on Little Turkey River. The Survey maps it on the Festina quadrangle.
On record in Eldorado
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
Eldorado Bridgelisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1906 USGS Decorah quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Festina quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Decorah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Eldorado between 2009 and 2020, burning about 126 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 April 2018 | 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
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Eldorado: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobsen Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Buschman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kuhns Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Larson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Schmitz Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Steinlage Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eldorado in 21 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 11 flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Hail | Eldorado | $1,100,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Flood | Eldorado | $410,000 | Runoff from heavy rain pushed the Turkey River out of its banks near Eldorado. The river crested at almost nine feet above the flood stage at 21.92 feet. This established a new crest of record. Flooding downstream along the Turkey River damaged some roads and bridges along with county parks. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $16,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds damaged a building at a small saw mill on the east side of Eldorado and launched the roof into the Turkey River. Further northeast, a dairy barn and home sustained major damage along King Road. It was unclear if this was a brief tornado touchdown or not. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Eldorado | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Eldorado | $2,500 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in El Dorado. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $500 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Flood | Eldorado | - | Heavy rain during the middle of August allowed the Turkey River at Eldorado to rise into flood stage during the evening on August 18th. The site crested at 15.67 ft in moderate flood stage during the evening hours on August 19th before falling below flood stage during the early evening hours on August 20th. |
| February 2023 | Flood | Eldorado | - | Runoff from the combination of rainfall and snow melt pushed the Turkey River out of its banks in Eldorado. The river had two crests, with the second the highest. This crest was a little over a half foot above the flood stage at 13.65 feet. |
| August 2021 | Heavy Rain | Eldorado | - | Near Eldorado, 4.9 inches of rain fell. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | Large branch damage was noted outside of Eldorado overnight from storms. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Eldorado | - | Runoff from rain and melting snow pushed the Turkey River out of its banks near Eldorado. The river crested almost three feet above the flood stage at 15.74 feet on March 14th. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Eldorado | - | Runoff from heavy rains pushed the Turkey River out of its banks near Eldorado. The river crested over two feet above the flood stage at 15.12 feet on September 6th. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Eldorado | - | Runoff from heavy rain pushed the Turkey River out of its banks near Eldorado. The river crested almost three feet above the flood stage at 15.9 feet on the 4th. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Eldorado | - | Runoff from heavy rains pushed the Turkey River out of its banks near Eldorado. The river crested almost two feet over the flood stage at 14.88 feet on September 20th. |
| September 2016 | Flood | Eldorado | - | Runoff from heavy rains pushed the Turkey River out of its banks in Eldorado. The river crested just over the flood stage at 13.15 feet. |
| September 2016 | Flood | Eldorado | - | Runoff from heavy rain pushed the Turkey River out of its banks near Eldorado. The river crested over four feet above the flood stage at 17.12 feet. |
| September 2016 | Flood | Eldorado | - | Runoff from heavy rains pushed the Turkey River out of its banks near Eldorado. The river crested almost four feet above the flood stage at 16.75 feet. |
| July 2016 | Flood | Eldorado | - | Runoff from heavy rain pushed the Turkey River out of its banks near Eldorado. The river crested around a foot and a half above the flood stage at 14.55 feet. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Eldorado | - | A total of 4.84 inches of rain fell over a two day period. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglass | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Saint Lucas | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Dover Mills (historical) | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| West Union | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hawkeye | 9.8 miles | 12 | |
| Clermont | 10.2 miles | 11 | |
| Waucoma | 10.5 miles | 7 | |
| Brainard | 10.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 456267. 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.