Genoa Bluff, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sumner Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52301. The Survey maps it on the Williamsburg NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Williamsburg NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Grinnell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Genoa Bluff between 2006 and 2020, burning about 50 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 230TH ST. AND E AVE. , IA |
| 23 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2531 K AVE, WILLIAMSBURG, IOWA |
| 26 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 October 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Genoa Bluff in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Genoa Bluff | - | The Emergency Manager reported that several roads across the county were flooded from area creeks. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Genoa Bluff | - | The emergency manager estimated winds at 60 mph that brought down small tree limbs. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Genoa Bluff | - | A microburst blew most of the roof off a house and some of the windows out. Three large trees were snapped. The door and roof of a machine shed and other outbuildings were damaged. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Genoa Bluff | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph were observed 4 miles west of Williamsburg, IA at 507 pm CDT June 29. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Genoa Bluff | - | A trained spotter about 4 miles southeast of Genoa Bluff measured dime to penny size hail. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Genoa Bluff | - | Golf ball sized hail fell about 5 miles south of Ladora, IA near mile marker 210.5 on Interstate 80 at 629 pm CDT April 3. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Genoa Bluff | - | Quarter sized hail fell about 4 miles west of Williamsburg, IA at 510 pm April 5. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Genoa Bluff | - | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding of Interstate 80 near mile marker 214 about 6 miles west northwest of Williamsburg, IA during the late afternoon and early evening of June 19. Water was flowing over both lanes of the interstate. |
| April 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Genoa Bluff | - | A funnel cloud was spotted south of Interstate 80 near Ladora, where additional rotation in the clouds was observed. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Genoa Bluff | - | Nickel-sized hail fell near Lake Iowa about 9 miles south of Ladora, IA at 5:55 pm June 12. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Genoa Bluff | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladora | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Williamsburg | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Victor | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Marengo | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Millersburg | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Conroy | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Koszta | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Dayton | 10.9 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122544334 | The 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 466100. 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.
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.





