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Gardiner, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Beaver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50039. It stands on Slough Creek. The Survey maps it on the Perry quadrangle.

Gardiner within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Gardiner between 2006 and 2020, burning about 74 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
22 May 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources141ST & WILLIS AVE, PERRY, IOWA
2 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resources26122 141ST ST., IOWA
6 October 2020Equipment and vehicle use20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources330TH ST., 1300 BLOCK, WOODWARD, IOWA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Gardiner: 5 past producers, 1 unknown. 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
Croft PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Diddy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gardiner in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2013: 1 tornado, 1 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
September 2013Thunderstorm WindGardiner$5,000Four 4 inch tree limbs were downed in a yard. Lawn furniture and a grill were blown around and destroyed. A large flatbed trailer was blown across the road.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Gardiner-A brief tornado touchdown occurred with little or no damage.

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Bouton2.1 miles12
Perry Yard3.4 miles12
Perry4.3 miles12
Minburn4.7 miles12
Woodward6.1 miles12
Moran6.4 miles12
Xenia7.5 miles12
Black Corners9.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 456828. 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.