BlockJerico, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jacksonville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50659. The Survey maps it on the Jerico quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Jerico quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Charles City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Jerico between 2006 and 2020, burning about 41 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2372 120TH STREET, IA |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Jerico: 4 unknowns. 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.
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jerico in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerico | $40,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Jerico | $10,000 | Crane Creek was out of its banks and flooding County Road B22. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerico | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerico | $1,000 | Spotters reported wind gusts just under 60 mph across rural northern Chickasaw County. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerico | - | A ham radio operator measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany Hall | 1.1 miles | 7 | |
| Reilly Settlement | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Nansen | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Jacksonville | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Saude | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Devon | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Alta Vista | 8.5 miles | 7 | |
| Little Turkey | 9.2 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 457944. 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.