BlockGladwin, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52738. It stands on Goose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cotter quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Cotter quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Muscatine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Gladwin in 2017, burning about 20 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 burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 June 2017 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gladwin: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gladwin in 16 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 9 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flood | Gladwin | $19,000,000 | The record crest on the Iowa River at Columbus Junction occurred on June 16, 2008 at 32.49 feet. Flood stage is 19 feet. The record crest on the Iowa River at Wapello occurred on June 14, 2008 at 32.15 feet. Flood stage is 20 feet. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Gladwin | $2,000,000 | A trained spotter reported heavy rains had produced washed out locations on gravel roads in the area. |
| August 2009 | Flood | Gladwin | $500,000 | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Flood | Gladwin | $100,000 | Heavy rainfall of 4 to over 10 inches over significant areas from 21 to 23 September in extreme North Central and Northeast Iowa moved downstream causing the Iowa River to rise above major flood stage levels. ||Columbus Junction rose above its major flood stage level of 23.0 feet on September 28th, 2016 at approximately 12 PM CST. It crested around 25.3 feet at approximately 2 AM CST on September 30th, 2016. It fell below major flood stage on October 2nd around 8 AM CST.||Major flooding continued into October. |
| August 2010 | Flood | Gladwin | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladwin | - | A shed was destroyed. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladwin | - | A trained spotter reported 2 to 3 inch in diameter tree branches down with strong winds. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Gladwin | - | The Iowa River near Lone Tree rose above the major flood stage of 18.0 feet during the morning hours of the 7th and fell back below the major flood stage very early on the 13th. The river crested at 20.4 feet around 430 AM on the 9th. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladwin | - | A trained spotter estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 40 to 60 MPH. Several small branches were blown down and nickel hail was falling at their location. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Gladwin | - | A trained spotter reported that 3.25 inches of rain had fallen and that water was over the County Road at there location. |
| October 2016 | Flood | Gladwin | - | Heavy rainfall of 4 to over 10 inches over significant areas from 21 to 23 September in extreme North Central and Northeast Iowa moved downstream|causing the Iowa River to rise above major flood stage levels. The Iowa River at |Columbus Junction rose above its major flood stage level of 23.0 feet on September 28th, 2016 at approximately 12 PM CST. It crested around 25.3 feet at|approximately 2 AM CST on September 30th, 2016. It fell below major flood stage on October 2nd around 8 AM CST. For damage information please see September Storm Data. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladwin | - | A trained spotter estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph. Time of this event was estimated using radar. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Gladwin | - | The Iowa River at Columbus Junction was over its major flood stage level from 12:00 am on May 1 until 1:00 pm May 2.||The Iowa River at Wapello was over its major flood stage level from 12:00 am on May 1 until 10:00 pm May 2. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Gladwin | - | dime size hail |
| April 2013 | Flood | Gladwin | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Flood | Gladwin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel (historical) | 2.0 miles | 7 | |
| Cotter | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Hillsboro (historical) | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| Lafayette (historical) | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| Columbus Junction | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Fredonia | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Columbus City | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Letts | 11.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464564. 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.