Festina, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52144. The Survey maps it on the Festina quadrangle.
On record in Festina
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
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
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Festina between 2010 and 2020, burning about 176 acres in total. 1 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 40 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 |
| 15 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | RANDY KUENNEN FARM. 1322 315TH AVE, FORT ATKINSON, |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Festina: 11 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bullerman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Buschman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ft Atkinson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kuhns Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Schmitz Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Steinlage Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Festina in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2017: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Festina | $20,000 | A 30 foot section of a roof was blown off a cattle shed with another shed extensively damaged southeast of Ft. Atkinson. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Festina | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Festina | $4,500 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Festina | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Festina | $200 | Trees were blown down across State Highway 150 near Festina. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Springs | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Atkinson | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Calmar | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Ossian | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Conover | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Spillville | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Jackson Junction | 8.8 miles | 7 | |
| Nordness | 9.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 456582. 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.






