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Folletts, Iowa

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Camanche Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52730. The Survey maps it on the Cordova quadrangle.

Folletts within Clinton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

11 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Folletts between 2008 and 2018, burning about 111 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/undetermined9
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1

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
8 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources17-117
12 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources5930 44TH AVENUE S, CLINTON, IOWA
31 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources4602 9TH STREET, CAMANCHE, IOWA
31 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources4602 9TH STREET, CAMANCHE, IOWA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Folletts: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Princeton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shaffton QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mccausland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shaffton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this place

13 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Folletts in 13 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2011Thunderstorm WindFolletts$100,000Wind gusts estimated to be 75 mph from an apparent microburst blew down several trees and partially ripped the roofs off of three homes in Folletts, IA around 505 pm CDT July 23. In addition, a barn had its roof blown off.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindFolletts-A law enforcement officer reported a tree was blown down in the Rock Creek Campground.
May 2019FloodFolletts-The Mississippi River at Camanche (CMMI4) rose above its major flood stage of 20.5 feet during the morning of May 30th and continued into June. The river crested in June, with the stage rising to 21.1 feet at the end of May 31st.
May 2019FloodFolletts-The Wapsipinicon River at DeWitt 4S (DEWI4) rose above its major flood stage of 12.5 feet during the afternoon of May 28th and continued into June. The river crested in May 30th around 6 AM at 13.68 feet, before falling slowly through May 31st.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindFolletts-A 10 inch diameter tree branch was split. The early morning storm damage time was estimated from radar.
February 2017Tornado (EF0)Folletts-Clinton county emergency management observed a brief tornado in a field, with dust debris noted as it touched down. No damage was reported. The estimated peak wind was 70 mph.
March 2017Tornado (EF0)Folletts-A tornado touched down south of Low Moor, damaging trees and outbuildings. One home lost part of a roof.
March 2016Tornado (EF0)Folletts-A tornado touched down on the Scott County side of the Wapsipinicon River and quickly crossed the river into Clinton County. Damage was mainly to trees. The wind speeds with this tornado were estimated at 80 mph.
July 2014FloodFolletts-Heavy rains that fell across the Upper Midwest during the last two weeks of June brought the Mississippi River at Camanche above its major flood stage of 20.5 at approximately 825 PM and fell below 20.5 feet around 1225 PM on July 5. The river crested at 20.9 feet from noon on July 3 to 1100 PM July 4.
May 2006HailFolletts-Relayed by KWWL; near Folletts & near the Jct of Z36.
May 2006HailFolletts-hail covering the ground in places
August 2017HailFolletts-no account filed
May 1999Funnel CloudFolletts-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clinton 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
Shaffton1.3 miles19
Low Moor3.7 miles19
Chaney (historical)4.9 miles19
Ramessa (historical)5.3 miles18
Camanche5.9 miles19
Malone6.4 miles18
Elvira7.6 miles19
Clinton Stock Yards8.4 miles19

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 FollettsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5464645The 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 456655. 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.