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Euclid, Iowa

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in St. John Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51555. It stands on Euclid Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beebeetown quadrangle.

Euclid within Harrison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

66 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Euclid between 2009 and 2020, burning about 498 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 were 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 burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Natural3
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
8 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 September 2012Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 May 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Euclid: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Loveland Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Harrison County

Storms near this place

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Euclid in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 2 tornado, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 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
March 2011Tornado (EF1)Euclid2 hurtA NWS storm survey assessment team confirmed a tornado tracked around 12 miles starting from a few miles east of Missouri Valley to around 5 miles southeast of Woodbine, Iowa. The tornado destroyed at least 1 mobile home, which caused minor injuries to 2 occupants, and caused outbuilding, home and vehicle damage along it path which reached around 100 yards wide at its widest. The strongest damage was estimated at EF1.
June 2010Flash FloodEuclid$5,000Rainfall of around 2 inches in about an hours time caused localized flash flooding in the Missouri Valley area. Several feet of water rushed across Highway 30 on the west of the town prompting its closure.
April 2026HailEuclid-Emergency dispatch relayed report of quarter size hail near 335th and Mounds Trail.
April 2022Tornado (EF1)Euclid-This tornado started southeast of Missouri Valley along the north end of an area of downburst wind damage. The tornado caused tree damage, destroyed a few barns and sheds, and minor home damage.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindEuclid-A 12 foot diameter tree. Also a few 8-12 inch limbs broken off in other areas.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindEuclid-Corn was flattened and hail up to 1.25 was reported.
March 2011HailEuclid-From the same supercell that produced a tornado near the area.

Every storm recorded in Harrison 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
Findley1.4 miles8
Missouri Valley1.7 miles8
Orton4.1 miles8
Beebeetown5.8 miles8
Calhoun6.3 miles8
California Junction7.2 miles8
Logan7.8 miles8
Crisp8.4 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464539. 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.