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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.

Festina within Winneshiek County

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 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

6 since 2010

Regional 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 burning4
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 April 2020Debris and open burning40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 April 2020Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2019Debris and open burning25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2015Naturalunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesRANDY KUENNEN FARM. 1322 315TH AVE, FORT ATKINSON,

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winneshiek County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bullerman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Buschman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ft Atkinson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kuhns QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Schmitz QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Steinlage QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Winneshiek County

Storms near this place

5 since 2000

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2017Thunderstorm WindFestina$20,000A 30 foot section of a roof was blown off a cattle shed with another shed extensively damaged southeast of Ft. Atkinson.
July 2009HailFestina$10,000no account filed
June 2000HailFestina$4,500no account filed
June 2007HailFestina$2,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFestina$200Trees were blown down across State Highway 150 near Festina.

Every storm recorded in Winneshiek 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
Twin Springs0.6 miles12
Fort Atkinson3.8 miles12
Calmar4.4 miles12
Ossian5.7 miles12
Conover6.9 miles12
Spillville7.4 miles12
Jackson Junction8.8 miles7
Nordness9.4 miles12

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.