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Flagler, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Knoxville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50138. The Survey maps it on the Knoxville quadrangle.

Flagler within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Flagler between 2009 and 2015, burning about 8 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 burning5
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
1 June 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 March 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Flagler: 7 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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
Durham Pelletizing PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
UnknownLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Iowa Brick and Tile Co. PitClayPast Producer
Wright BrickyardClayPast Producer
Durham MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Durham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quarry No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
BattistelloSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dingeman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harvey Pit #151Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

12 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flagler in 12 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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
April 2010HailFlagler$50,000no account filed
May 2023Tornado (EF0)Flagler$10,000Another brief tornado which produced minor damage to an outbuilding and a hoop building. The tornado was captured on video by a storm chaser.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindFlagler$10,000Emergency manager reported power lines and several tree limbs down. Time estimated from radar.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindFlagler$5,000Large tree limbs of 3 to 4 inches were down and the power was out. Large hail was also reported a few minutes earlier.
July 2015HailFlagler$5,000no account filed
August 2008Thunderstorm WindFlagler$3,000Large tree branches were blown down.
May 2023Tornado (EFU)Flagler-Brief tornado captured on imagery and reported by a storm chaser. Tornado did not impact any damage indicators, hence the EFU rating.
June 2021HailFlagler-Delayed report of golf ball sized hail. Time estimated via radar.
October 2018Heavy RainFlagler-Mesonet station southeast of Knoxville recorded heavy rainfall of 3.01 inches over the last 24 hours.
April 2017HailFlagler-Trained spotter reported half dollar sized hail.
April 2017HailFlagler-Trained spotter reported up to half dollar sized hail.
April 2017HailFlagler-Trained spotter reported penny sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Durham3.5 miles11
Pershing4.3 miles11
Knoxville4.6 miles11
Howell (historical)4.7 miles11
Harvey5.2 miles11
Eifield (historical)6.0 miles11
Attica6.6 miles10
Cordova (historical)7.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465640. 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.