Haskins, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Oregon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52201. The Survey maps it on the Ainsworth 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.
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Ainsworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Muscatine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Haskins in 2017, burning about 88 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 | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 June 2017 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 February 2017 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haskins in 16 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2016 | Flash Flood | Haskins | $50,000 | A trained spotter reported that a nearby railroad tracks were completely washed out. A farmer that lived nearby reported more than 6 inches of rain. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haskins | $10,000 | Straight line winds destroyed a barn on the Rick Gerot farm. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haskins | $3,000 | A Pulse severe thunderstorm downed a tree and tore part of the roof off a shed on the Rick Gerot Farm. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haskins | - | Measured by wind equipement. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haskins | - | A tree was reported blown down. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haskins | - | A public report of a pine tree twisted and snapped by thunderstorm winds. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haskins | - | A county emergency manager reported a roof was blown off a machine shed. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Haskins | - | The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haskins | - | An amateur radio operator reported trees down near the intersection of County Road G36 and Spruce Avenue. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haskins | - | A public report of 60 MPH wind gust from a thunderstorm. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Haskins | - | Tornado was rated was an EF-1 with peak winds of 110 mph, a path length of 5.95 miles, and a max width of 40 yards. This tornado spun up and tracked rapidly to the northeast. The tornado damaged numerous farm outbuildings, power lines and trees along its path. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Haskins | - | Penny sized hail. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haskins | - | corn flattened with pea hail on the Rick Gerot farm |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haskins | - | corn flattened with pea size hail on the Bryan Lasek farm |
| August 2017 | Hail | Haskins | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Haskins | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ainsworth | 2.8 miles | 7 | |
| Havre | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Crawfordsville | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Washington | 8.5 miles | 7 | |
| Yatton (historical) | 9.7 miles | 8 | |
| Riverside | 10.7 miles | 8 | |
| Iowa Junction (historical) | 11.3 miles | 8 | |
| Richmond | 12.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 457309. 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.




