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Fraser, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Dodge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50036. It stands on Elkhorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fraser quadrangle.

Fraser within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Fraser between 2010 and 2011, burning about 4 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/undetermined2

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
10 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesHWY 17, P AVE, BOONE COUNTY, IOWA
30 November 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1100 BLOCK OF 130TH ST., IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone 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 Fraser: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
UnknownClayPast Producer
Laube PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stumbo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fraser in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2012: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2008HailFraser$50,000Public reports baseball size hail in Fraser.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindFraser$20,000Several large tree limbs down with damage to fences. Damage began about a mile south of Fraser and continued sporadically for about 2 miles.
April 2001HailFraser$10,000no account filed
July 1999HailFraser$10,000no account filed
July 1999HailFraser$5,000no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindFraser$2,000no account filed
April 2002HailFraser-no account filed
May 1998Tornado (F0)Fraser-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boone 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
Centerville2.8 miles13
Wolf3.4 miles11
Pilot Mound3.8 miles11
Logansport4.2 miles13
Ridgeport4.3 miles12
Boone6.5 miles13
Coal Valley6.6 miles13
Ogden6.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 456747. 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.