BlockEricson, Iowa
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Colfax Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50036. The Survey maps it on the Boone East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1916 USGS Boone quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Boone East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Ericson in 2010, burning about 3 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 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1624 220TH STREET, IOWA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ericson in 14 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flood | Ericson | $50,000 | Flooding was reported in the town of Luther with water within inches of town hall. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Ericson | $50,000 | Several county gravel roads were under water across southeast Boone County. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ericson | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ericson | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Ericson | $25,000 | Water over Highway 17 north of Luther, water running into homes and over roads in Moingona in southern Boone County. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Ericson | $5,000 | Minor car damage was noted with quarter size hail. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Ericson | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Ericson | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ericson | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ericson | $1,000 | United Community School report received from a KCCI Schoolnet site. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Ericson | - | Report via mping. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ericson | - | A public report of a semi blown over at US highway 30 and Highway 17 interchange. Time estimated via radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ericson | - | A trained spotter reported several large tree limbs down and power out. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ericson | - | Emergency manager reported gusts to 60 mph along with nickel sized hail and heavy rainfall. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Luther | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Boone | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Napier | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Moingona | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Coal Valley | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Logansport | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Centerville | 8.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464538. 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.
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.