Hauntown, Iowa
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Elk River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52070. It stands on Schramling Creek. The Survey maps it on the Savanna quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 24 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.
- 1892 USGS Savanna quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1952 USGS Savanna quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Savanna quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque South quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hauntown between 1992 and 2013, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 June 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | ISLAND 199 |
| 1 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.1 acres | Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | SETBACK LEVEE |
| 6 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | GOOSEPOINT |
| 23 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | DUCK BLIND 80 |
| 17 April 1996 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | SIMPSONTWO |
| 31 March 1992 | Smoking | 10 acres | Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | GOOSEPOINT |
| 29 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1120 432ND AVE, TEEDS GROVE, IA 52732, IOWA |
| 11 January 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 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 Hauntown: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teeds Grove Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Doyle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rein,Schultz & Dahl Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Thomson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hauntown in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Flood | Hauntown | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Flood | Hauntown | - | The Mississippi River at Fulton Lock and Dam 13 began the month above its major flood stage of 20 feet. The river stage at the beginning of the month was 21.81 feet. The river fell below major flood stage around 6 AM on May 6th. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Hauntown | - | A NWS COOP observer reported that Deep Creek came out of its banks in Charlotte, and impacted a roadway for five and a half 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almont | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Elk River Junction | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Teeds Grove | 2.7 miles | 24 | |
| Andover | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Sibyl (historical) | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Bulgers Hollow | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Bryant | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Sixmile | 8.1 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122569464 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 457317. 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.







