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Horton, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Polk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50677. The Survey maps it on the Bremer quadrangle.

Horton within Bremer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Horton between 2006 and 2015, burning about 1,281 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
6 April 2015Debris and open burning20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2015Debris and open burning500 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2015Debris and open burning750 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources53265 140TH ST., IOWA
25 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bremer County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Horton: 4 unknowns, 4 past producers. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bremer County

Storms near this place

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horton in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHorton$25,000Numerous trees down and a machine shed damaged near Horton.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHorton$5,000NWS employee relayed storm damage reports of trees snapped and uprooted from roughly 2 miles south of Horton. The path of damage continued for about 3 miles to the south and was roughly 1 mile wide. This is a delayed report and time estimated from radar. Note, the damaging gust front was just out ahead of the main thunderstorm complex.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindHorton$3,000no account filed
June 2022Funnel CloudHorton-Bremer County Emergency manager and social media photos confirming a brief funnel cloud north of Waverly.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindHorton-Trees down along highway 188. Time estimated by radar.

Every storm recorded in Bremer 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
Roxie3.1 miles9
Plainfield3.3 miles9
Seigel6.4 miles9
Bremer6.7 miles9
Waverly8.4 miles11
Frederika9.2 miles9
Artesian11.0 miles10
Old Tripoli11.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 457672. 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.