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.
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
- 1971 USGS Bremer quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2006Regional 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 burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 500 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 750 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 53265 140TH ST., IOWA |
| 25 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horton | $25,000 | Numerous trees down and a machine shed damaged near Horton. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horton | $5,000 | NWS 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horton | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Horton | - | Bremer County Emergency manager and social media photos confirming a brief funnel cloud north of Waverly. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horton | - | Trees down along highway 188. Time estimated by radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roxie | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Plainfield | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Seigel | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bremer | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Waverly | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Frederika | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Artesian | 11.0 miles | 10 | |
| Old Tripoli | 11.2 miles | 9 |
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.



