BlockBefore

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.

Hanna within Kossuth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

4 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined4

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
4 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural ResourcesHYWAY 210-MILE 25, IA
4 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined27 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kossuth County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ensle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Kossuth County

Storms near this place

8 since 2010

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2012HailHanna$2,000no account filed
June 2010HailHanna$2,000no account filed
June 2012HailHanna$1,000Mostly pea to dime size hail with a few quarter size stones.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindHanna-Personal weather station recorded a 60 mph gust.
July 2020Heavy RainHanna-WHO-13 in Des Moines relayed a report from Kossuth County of 2.6 inches of rain in one hour.
July 2018Funnel CloudHanna-Kossuth County Sheriff's office and KCCI viewer reported a small funnel just below cloud base. Time estimated from radar.
June 2018Heavy RainHanna-WHO-TV relayed heavy rainfall report of 2.40 inches.
June 2010FloodHanna-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kossuth 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
Lu Verne4.0 miles8
Saint Benedict6.6 miles7
Galbraith7.6 miles8
Wesley9.7 miles7
Sexton9.9 miles7
Irvington10.1 miles8
Saint Joseph11.2 miles8
Algona14.0 miles8

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.