BlockIconium, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Chariton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52571. The Survey maps it on the Iconium quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1939 USGS Mystic quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Mystic quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Iconium quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Iconium in 2018, burning about 7 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Iconium: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moravia Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Iconium in 12 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 7 heavy rain, 3 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Iconium | $100,000 | Law Enforcement reported Highway 2 occasionally impacted by flooding. Numerous county gravel roads also flooded. Water was also reported out of the banks of some local creeks and streams. Multiple reports of water over roads near Mystic and Centerville. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Iconium | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Hail | Iconium | - | A 911 call to Appanoose county. |
| September 2022 | Heavy Rain | Iconium | - | A 24 hour rain total of 3.50 inches. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Iconium | - | Golf ball hail report via mping. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Iconium | - | A 24 hour rain total of 3.26 inches with rain still in progress. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Iconium | - | A 24 hour rain total of 2.35 inches. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Iconium | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.52 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Iconium | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.30 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2019 | Heavy Rain | Iconium | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.13 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Iconium | - | Twenty four hour rainfall total of 2.89 inches. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Iconium | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut City | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Maine | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Darbyville | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Rathbun | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Moravia | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Clarkdale | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Mystic | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Garfield | 8.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 457742. 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.