Jamison, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fremont Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50213. The Survey maps it on the Jamison quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS New Virginia quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS New Virginia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Jamison quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Jamison between 2006 and 2020, burning about 146 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 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jamison in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Flood | Jamison | $250,000 | Rainfall amounts of 3 to 4.5 inches caused flooding across portions of the county damaging roads and 6 bridges. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Jamison | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Jamison | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Jamison | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamison | - | Measured by a personal weather station. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Jamison | - | Rainfall of 2.49 inches this afternoon and evening. |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Jamison | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Osceola | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Jay | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Jacksonville (historical) | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Ottawa | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Woodburn | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Groveland (historical) | 10.2 miles | 7 | |
| Leslie | 12.9 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 457911. 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.
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.







