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Givin, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in East Des Moines Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52577. The Survey maps it on the Eddyville quadrangle.

Givin within Mahaska County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

13 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Givin between 2009 and 2017, burning about 313 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
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
3 May 2014Debris and open burning7.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesEDDYVILLE VFD
14 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 March 2015Debris and open burning8.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 March 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 March 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mahaska County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Givin: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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
Drill HoleZincPast ProducerSphalerite
Archie Harding QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Eddyville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Eddyville Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Givin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Reese QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mahaska County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Givin in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2017: 2 hail, 1 flood, 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
December 2008Thunderstorm WindGivin$35,000High winds tore the roof off of a barn and damaged hog confinement buildings.
April 2008FloodGivin$10,000Water was reported over 275th between Jewell and Kaplar Avenues.
June 2008HailGivin$10,000Hail ranged from nickel to golf ball size.
June 2017HailGivin$10,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mahaska 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
Beacon3.7 miles7
Lakonta4.2 miles7
Bolton (historical)4.5 miles7
University Park4.9 miles7
Oskaloosa5.0 miles7
Evans6.4 miles7
Cedar7.3 miles7
Wright7.4 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464563. 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.