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Gladstone, Iowa

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Otter Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52339. The Survey maps it on the Chelsea quadrangle.

Gladstone within Tama County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

40 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Gladstone between 2009 and 2020, burning about 898 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
15 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSac and Fox AgencyDAVENPORT
21 June 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesTOLEDO FD
14 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined250 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesDNR WILDLIFE
8 April 2016Arson/incendiarism30 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesTAMA
7 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesPAVE AND MUTAIL AID OF TOLEDO, IA
24 April 2018Debris and open burning25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2020Debris and open burning40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tama County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gladstone: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Manatt's Sand and Gravel, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tama County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gladstone in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2019: 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2019HailGladstone-Tama County Emergency Manager's office relayed report of ongoing heavy rain and nickel sized hail.
October 2018Funnel CloudGladstone-Emergency manager relayed public reports of two funnel clouds in the area.

Every storm recorded in Tama 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
Long Point1.5 miles8
Helena3.2 miles8
Tama4.2 miles8
Toledo4.7 miles8
Haven5.1 miles8
Chelsea6.3 miles8
Vining6.5 miles8
Mesquakie Indian Settlement7.8 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 456915. 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.