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Fielding, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Tilden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51035. The Survey maps it on the Fielding quadrangle.

Fielding within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Fielding between 2014 and 2020, burning about 16 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
Debris and open burning3

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
7 April 2020Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 October 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Fielding: 10 past producers. 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
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
King PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
MauerSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

10 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fielding in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2025HailFielding-There was a brief period of pea to nickel size hail.
April 2024HailFielding-Hail varied in size from quarter to half-dollar size.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindFielding-A thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph was measured by a personal weather station 5 miles northwest of Washta.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindFielding-Thunderstorm winds caused the collapse of a brick gable on the west side of a building at the Grand Meadow Heritage Center, as well as lesser damage to other buildings. Property damage costs are a rough estimate.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindFielding-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including one tree blown down onto a machine shed.
May 2016Flash FloodFielding-Heavy rain of over 3 inches caused flash flooding of several roads. Parts of at least one county road and a local road were washed out.
June 2018HailFielding-no account filed
April 2011HailFielding-no account filed
April 2011HailFielding-no account filed
August 2008HailFielding-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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
Washta7.5 miles9
Mary Hill7.7 miles9
Quimby8.7 miles9
Marcus11.2 miles9
Cleghorn11.3 miles9
Meriden12.6 miles9
Onawa Junction13.5 miles9
Cherokee14.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464541. 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.