BlockHarvard, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50060. The Survey maps it on the Allerton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Allerton quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Leon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Harvard between 2009 and 2019, burning about 441 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1298 190TH, IA |
| 13 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 3147 190TH, IA |
| 11 April 2015 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 86 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 300 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harvard in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 4 heavy rain, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Harvard | $500,000 | Gravel roads were washed out across Wayne County with numerous bridges under water. Emergency Management asked that the public not travel on hard top or gravel roads. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvard | $75,000 | Wayne county emergency manager reported multiple pole barns blown over. Debris from pole barns blew into and downed nearby power lines. Time estimated from radar. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvard | $35,000 | A large shed was destroyed by thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvard | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Harvard | $25,000 | Flash flooding was reported along the Jubilee Road southeast of Corydon in Wayne County. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Harvard | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Heavy Rain | Harvard | - | Coop observer reported 2.25 inches of rain in 24 hours. |
| June 2021 | Heavy Rain | Harvard | - | Coop observer reported 3.87 inches of rain in 24 hours. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Harvard | - | A CoCoRaHS observer reported a 24 hour rain total of 2.68 inches. |
| September 2019 | Heavy Rain | Harvard | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.00 inches over the last 24 hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sewal | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Bridgeport | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Allerton | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Corydon | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hodge | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Promise City | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Seymour | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Clinton Center (historical) | 8.3 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 457306. 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.