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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1950 USGS Perry quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Perry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Perry quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 141ST & WILLIS AVE, PERRY, IOWA |
| 2 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 26122 141ST ST., IOWA |
| 6 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 330TH ST., 1300 BLOCK, WOODWARD, IOWA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croft Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Diddy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardiner | $5,000 | Four 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 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Gardiner | - | A brief tornado touchdown occurred with little or no damage. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bouton | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Perry Yard | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Perry | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Minburn | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Woodward | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Moran | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Xenia | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Black Corners | 9.4 miles | 14 |
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.







