Honey Creek, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Rockford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51542. The Survey maps it on the Honey Creek quadrangle. It stands 1,014 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1893 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Honey Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Honey Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Honey Creek between 2001 and 2020, burning about 177 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 May 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 45 acres | Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge | SIGNAL |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Honey Creek: 2 unknowns, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loveland Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Honey Creek in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Honey Creek | - | Delayed report received via social media of hail measured up to 1 inch in diameter from a Trained Spotter. Time estimated with radar. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Honey Creek | - | A personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 67 mph. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Honey Creek | - | Broadcast media relayed report of 1.25-inch hail. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Honey Creek | - | There was significant flooding across the county. On the Missouri River,. The river gauge at Omaha, operated by the USGS, peaked at 34.41 feet at 8 am on March 17th. Moderate flood stage is 32 feet. Preliminarily this peak is the 3rd highest on record. The primary impact from this flooding was Interstate 29 and Interstate 680 being closed due to being under water. East and west bound Highway 6 is closed as Keg and Little Keg Creeks were out of banks. The heavy rains caused mudslides, and the most serious one was in Council Bluffs on Harry Langdon Boulevard, which closed the road. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Honey Creek | - | A spotter reported 3 inches of rain. |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Honey Creek | - | Brief touchdown. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Honey Creek | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Honey Creek | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Honey Creek | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Honey Creek | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Honey Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Honey Creek | - | 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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Honey Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q9004647 | 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 464584. 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.






