BlockHanley, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in South Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50240. It stands on Jones Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Charles quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1951 USGS St. Charles quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS St. Charles quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Hanley between 2014 and 2016, burning about 337 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 320 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | DONAR |
| 21 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | VIRGINIA TOWNSHIP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hanley in 1 storm report in 1995: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1995 | Hail | Hanley | $2,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Charles | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Patterson | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Truro | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bevington | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| East Peru | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Tileville | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Old Peru | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Buffalo (historical) | 9.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 457230. 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.
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.