Hanna, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lu Verne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50560. The Survey maps it on the Lu Verne quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Lu Verne quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Humboldt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Hanna between 2006 and 2011, burning about 97 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 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | HYWAY 210-MILE 25, IA |
| 4 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hanna: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
8 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hanna in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 3 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Hail | Hanna | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Hanna | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Hanna | $1,000 | Mostly pea to dime size hail with a few quarter size stones. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanna | - | Personal weather station recorded a 60 mph gust. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Hanna | - | WHO-13 in Des Moines relayed a report from Kossuth County of 2.6 inches of rain in one hour. |
| July 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Hanna | - | Kossuth County Sheriff's office and KCCI viewer reported a small funnel just below cloud base. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Hanna | - | WHO-TV relayed heavy rainfall report of 2.40 inches. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Hanna | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lu Verne | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Benedict | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Galbraith | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Wesley | 9.7 miles | 7 | |
| Sexton | 9.9 miles | 7 | |
| Irvington | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Joseph | 11.2 miles | 8 | |
| Algona | 14.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464571. 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.




