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Fairview, Iowa

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fairview Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52205. The Survey maps it on the Anamosa quadrangle. It stands 974 feet above sea level.

Fairview within Jones County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

25 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 2006 and 2019, burning about 170 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/undetermined21
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1

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
5 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jones County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Fairview: 14 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Anamosa MinesLead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
James Brown MineLeadPast Producer
Dearborn QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Penitentiary QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Weber Mine and MillStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionProducer
Weber Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionProducer
Equitable Life PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pearson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Vernon-Anamosa Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jones County

Storms near this place

17 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairview in 17 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2012Thunderstorm WindFairview$100Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down several large tree limbs and a 10 inch diameter tree about 2 miles southwest of Anamosa, IA at 600 pm CDT June 29. The tree fell onto a pasture fence.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindFairview-An Rwis observation.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindFairview-A personal weather station measured a 50 knot thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindFairview-Mesonet station RCRI4 Anamosa measured a 64 knot wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindFairview-This was a measured by a Iowa Department of Transportation RWIS.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindFairview-Trees were uprooted.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindFairview-A report from the public of a measured thunderstorm wind gust of 76 MPH.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindFairview-This thunderstorm wind gust was measured by an Iowa DOT RWIS station.
May 2024HailFairview-Quarter size hail, with also a large accumulation of small hail.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFairview-RWIS reported a 58 mph wind gust.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindFairview-Iowa DOT automated observation.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindFairview-A large 6 to 8 inch diameter tree branch was blown down.
June 2019Tornado (EFU)Fairview-A weak landspout tornado moved through rural areas south of Anamosa, IA. Evidence for the tornado is through photos from emergency management, with no damage observed along its path to assign a rating.
June 2014HailFairview-A trained spotter reported nickel size hail.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFairview-A COOP observer reported trees down and no power.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFairview-A 60 mph wind gust was recorded by the Anamosa Roadway Weather Information System (RWIS) located about 4 miles southwest of Anamosa, IA at the Highway 1 and Highway 151 interchange at 801 pm CDT June 8.
June 2018HailFairview-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jones 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
Stone City2.7 miles14
Anamosa3.2 miles14
Martelle4.2 miles14
Jackson5.4 miles14
Morley6.7 miles15
Newport7.2 miles15
Cass (historical)8.1 miles14
Amber8.7 miles15

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 FairviewAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5430747The 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 456476. 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.