Hale, Iowa
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Hale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52362. The Survey maps it on the Wyoming West quadrangle. It stands 797 feet above sea level.
On record in Hale
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Hale Bridgelisted 1998 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1900 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Farley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wyoming West quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Hale between 2009 and 2018, burning about 84 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hale: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Clay Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Fleming-Jensen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Holtz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Freeman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Olin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wyoming Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hale in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hale | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Hale | - | An EF-0 tornado started in a field, flattening corn along its path. The tornado continued towards a farmstead, resulting in damage to the roof of the house, along with a metal structure toppling over on the house. The tornado continued to do damage to trees along its path, ending just across the Wapsipinicon River. |
| June 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Hale | - | A nearly stationary landspout (or non-supercell) tornado touched down in a field. There was no observable damage to assign a rating, so the tornado is classified as an EF-Unknown. |
| June 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Hale | - | A landspout(or non-supercell) tornado tracked through a field in southern Jones County. There was no observable damage to assign a rating, so the tornado is classified as EF-Unknown. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Hale | - | Nickel sized hail fell about 5 miles west of Wyoming around 1020 pm CDT March 31. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Olin | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Oxford Junction | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Oxford Mills | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Onslow | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Center Junction | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Newport | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Edinburg | 9.2 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Hale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5641344 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 457200. 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.








