Hurstville, Iowa
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in South Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52060. It stands on Hurstville Branch. The Survey maps it on the Maquoketa quadrangle.
On record in Hurstville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Hurstville Historic Districtlisted 1979 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Maquoketa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1901 USGS Peosta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Maquoketa quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque South quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Hurstville between 2009 and 2020, burning about 139 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 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 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | E SIDE OF RD, ACROSS FROM 15702 242ND AVE, MAQUOKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hurstville: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockdale Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Frost Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Joinerville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Maquoketa Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hurstville in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Hurstville | - | A trained spotter reported damage to outbuildings at two farmsteads. Residents in the path of the tornado reported hearing a roar. There was a rotational velocity couplet and a tornado debris signature (TDS) on radar as well. Wind speeds and path were estimated based on reports from spotters. Peak winds estimated at 100 mph. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Hurstville | - | The hail covered the ground up to a depth of 1 inch. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Hurstville | - | Quarter-sized hail fell at the Hurstville Interpretive Center. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Hurstville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maquoketa | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Bridgeport | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Fulton | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| East Iron Hills | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Buckhorn | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Ironhills | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Nashville | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Andrew | 6.2 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 457736. 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.







