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Herrold, Iowa

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50131. The Survey maps it on the Des Moines NW quadrangle.

Herrold within Polk County

On record in Herrold

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

18 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Herrold between 2006 and 2019, burning about 62 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning2

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
8 July 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesCAMP DODGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Herrold: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc. 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
Drill HoleZincPast ProducerSphalerite
Bradshaw PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Des Moines North Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jester Park PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jester Pit No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Long PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morning Star PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

16 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herrold in 16 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2018Flash FloodHerrold$20,000Iowa DOT reported that Highway 141 between Grimes and Granger was essentially a sheet of water, with speeds of only 10 mph possible.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHerrold$5,000An 18 inch diameter tree downed along with smaller 4 inch branches down nearby.
June 2011HailHerrold$5,000At the National Weather Service office.
July 2009HailHerrold$5,000Hail was reported at the intersection of NW Oaktree Drive and Timberbrooke lane.
July 2009HailHerrold$5,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindHerrold$3,000A tree was blown down onto a power line.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHerrold$3,000NWS office in Johnston.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHerrold$2,000Measured at the NWS office in Johnston.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHerrold$1,000NWS Employee reported a 6 inch tree branch down on office property.
July 2021HailHerrold-Report via mping app.
August 2017Heavy RainHerrold-KCCI relayed a viewer report of heavy rainfall of 3.60 inches since midnight.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHerrold-NWS employee reported tree branches down on Beaver Dr and power outages in Johnston.
May 2017HailHerrold-NWS office in Johnston experienced quarter sized hail and wind gusts estimated around 40 to 50 mph.
August 2014Heavy RainHerrold-Rainfall in the past 24 hours was 2.35 inches.
May 2013HailHerrold-At the NWS office in Johnston.
June 2008HailHerrold-Penny size hail was reported at the intersection of Highway 17 and Highway 141 near Granger.

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Camp Dodge2.1 miles17
Andrews2.5 miles13
Corydon (historical)3.2 miles17
Grimes3.6 miles11
Polk City3.7 miles12
Johnston3.9 miles17
Crocker5.2 miles12
Rider (historical)5.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2047899. 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.