BlockGerled, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ledyard Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50590. The Survey maps it on the Ledyard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Ledyard quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Estherville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Gerled in 2015, burning about 15 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Wetland Management District | BLAZING STAR WF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gerled in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 2 tornado, 2 funnel cloud, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Hail | Gerled | - | Law enforcement reported ping pong ball sized hail. |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Gerled | - | The funnel cloud was lowering at the time of this report. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Gerled | - | Tornado touched down briefly west of Lakota, then lifted. |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Gerled | - | Tornado was reported near the intersection of Highway 169 and 410th. Tornado was reported by a Minnesota Deputy driving through Kossuth County and it was in an open area. |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Gerled | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ledyard | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Lakota | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Moores Siding (historical) | 6.1 miles | 7 | |
| Bancroft | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Swea City | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Stevens | 10.3 miles | 7 | |
| Swea (historical) | 10.6 miles | 7 | |
| German Valley | 11.5 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464558. 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.