BlockHolmes, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50525. The Survey maps it on the Holmes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Holmes quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Iowa Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Holmes between 2006 and 2009, burning about 36 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/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 December 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Holmes: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holmes in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2014: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flood | Holmes | $100,000 | Highway 3 west of Clarion was closed due to high water over the road from Eagle Creek. Some blacktop and gravel roads throughout the county were closed by water covering the roads. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Holmes | $100,000 | Highway 3 closed by flooding. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holmes | $40,000 | Half of a roof was blown off of a house in Holmes. Many five inch diameter tree branches down in the area with power lines down as well. |
| August 1998 | Hail | Holmes | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holmes | $5,000 | Trees and branches downed by high winds. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Holmes | $5,000 | Hail was 2.5 miles northwest of Clarion. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holmes | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Holmes | - | WHO Radio relayed a public report of a funnel cloud 5 miles east of Eagle Grove. |
| June 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Holmes | - | Report of a brief tornado touchdown. No significant damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Goldfield | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Clarion | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Eagle Grove | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Drew (historical) | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Cornelia | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Nuel (historical) | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Sollberg | 10.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 457564. 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.