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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1890 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Farley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 2006Regional 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/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anamosa Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| James Brown Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Dearborn Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Penitentiary Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Weber Mine and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Weber Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Equitable Life Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pearson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Vernon-Anamosa Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 2011Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $100 | Wind 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 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | An Rwis observation. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | A personal weather station measured a 50 knot thunderstorm wind gust. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | Mesonet station RCRI4 Anamosa measured a 64 knot wind gust. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | This was a measured by a Iowa Department of Transportation RWIS. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | Trees were uprooted. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | A report from the public of a measured thunderstorm wind gust of 76 MPH. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | This thunderstorm wind gust was measured by an Iowa DOT RWIS station. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Fairview | - | Quarter size hail, with also a large accumulation of small hail. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | RWIS reported a 58 mph wind gust. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | Iowa DOT automated observation. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | A large 6 to 8 inch diameter tree branch was blown down. |
| June 2019 | Tornado (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 2014 | Hail | Fairview | - | A trained spotter reported nickel size hail. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | A COOP observer reported trees down and no power. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | 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 2018 | Hail | Fairview | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone City | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Anamosa | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Martelle | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Jackson | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Morley | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Newport | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cass (historical) | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Amber | 8.7 miles | 15 |
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 Fairview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5430747 | The 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.








