Huntington, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ellsworth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51334. The Survey maps it on the Estherville quadrangle. It stands 1,342 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Estherville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Estherville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Huntington: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estherville City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Frye Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| North Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Walterman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huntington in 19 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 17 flood, 2 hail. 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 2011 | Flood | Huntington | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Flood | Huntington | $250,000 | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Flood | Huntington | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Flood | Huntington | $100,000 | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Flood | Huntington | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Flood | Huntington | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Flood | Huntington | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Flood | Huntington | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Flood | Huntington | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flood | Huntington | $50,000 | no account filed |
| October 2010 | Flood | Huntington | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Flood | Huntington | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Flood | Huntington | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Huntington | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 2011 | Flood | Huntington | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Huntington | $2,000 | A non-rotating wall cloud moved overhead at 1910 CST. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Huntington | - | Iowa DOT reported Iowa 4 closed between Wallingford in Emmet County and Graettinger in Palo Alto County due to water over the road. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Huntington | - | Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Huntington | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estherville | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Gruver | 8.2 miles | 7 | |
| Dolliver | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Maple Hill | 11.2 miles | 7 | |
| Raleigh | 11.3 miles | 7 | |
| Wallingford | 11.9 miles | 7 | |
| Gridley | 13.2 miles | 7 | |
| Bubona (historical) | 13.3 miles | 7 |
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 Huntington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16892572 | 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 457730. 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.
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.



