BlockGenoa, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52590. The Survey maps it on the Lake Thunderhead quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1942 USGS Seymour quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Seymour quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Lake Thunderhead quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Leon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Genoa in 1992, burning about 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 March 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Genoa in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 2 heavy rain, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Genoa | $2,000,000 | NWS storm survey confirmed a tornado touched down about six miles southwest of Seymour in Wayne County where several trees sustained major damage and several farmsteads were damaged. The tornado then tracked northeast through rural sections of Wayne County and produced sporadic tree damage. The tornado then moved into the south side of Seymour and produced significant damage to |several homes and structures with the partial collapse of walls and roof structures and widespread tree damage. A brick school building also sustained major damage to its roof and walls. After doing additional damage to residences to the northeast of the school, it exited Seymour and crossed into Appanoose County. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Genoa | $40,000 | Damage was done to a metal building. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Genoa | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.57 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2019 | Heavy Rain | Genoa | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.35 inches over the last 24 hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seymour | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Sewal | 8.2 miles | 7 | |
| Promise City | 10.0 miles | 10 | |
| Harvard | 10.1 miles | 7 | |
| Bridgeport | 12.0 miles | 11 | |
| Clinton Center (historical) | 14.3 miles | 7 | |
| Allerton | 15.1 miles | 7 | |
| Corydon | 15.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464557. 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.