BlockBefore

Granger, Iowa

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50109. The Survey maps it on the Granger quadrangle.

Granger within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

8 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Granger between 2006 and 2017, burning about 41 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 use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2

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 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources31376 210TH STREET, DALLAS CENTER, IA 50063, IOW
11 April 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2015Equipment and vehicle use10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Granger: 6 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jester Park PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jester Pit No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

26 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Granger in 26 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 heavy rain, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
June 1998Tornado (F2)Granger2 hurt, $500,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGranger$5,000,000no account filed
June 2008Flash FloodGranger$25,000Water was over the road on County road F31.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindGranger$25,000no account filed
July 1997FloodGranger$25,000no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindGranger$20,000Local fire department reported power poles down. Time estimated from radar.
September 2018Flash FloodGranger$20,000Local fire department reported a motorist rescue along Xavier Ave, where water was up to the hood of the vehicle.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindGranger$5,000Amateur radio reported utility wires down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindGranger$5,000A large tree was downed along with some other smaller branches.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindGranger$5,000Power lines and 18 inch trees down.
March 2007HailGranger$5,000no account filed
April 1999HailGranger$5,000no account filed
April 1998HailGranger$5,000no account filed
June 2008HailGranger$3,000Dime to nickel size hail was reported by KCCI television.
April 2002HailGranger$3,000no account filed
June 2008HailGranger$1,000no account filed
April 2023HailGranger-Heavy hail reported near Granger. Delayed report, time estimated by radar.
June 2021Funnel CloudGranger-Public report of a funnel cloud north of Granger, relayed via social media.
July 2018Heavy RainGranger-CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 3.88 inches over the last 24 hours. Due to database entry limitation, beginning time coded as midnight CST.
August 2016Heavy RainGranger-Public reported storm total heavy rainfall of 2.30 inches.
June 2014Heavy RainGranger-Twenty four hour rainfall total of 3.36 inches.
August 2014Heavy RainGranger-Rainfall in the past 24 hours was 2.35 inches.
August 2014Heavy RainGranger-Rainfall in the past 24 hours was 1.87 inches.
May 2000Tornado (F0)Granger-Brief touchdown
June 2024Funnel CloudGranger-no account filed
June 2007HailGranger-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Granger Homesteads0.8 miles13
Ingersoll (historical)2.0 miles11
Gibbsville2.7 miles13
Moran5.6 miles12
Xenia7.6 miles12
Woodward8.4 miles12
Dallas Center9.0 miles10
Midwest Country Estates10.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 457046. 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.