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Jubilee, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Spring Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50651. The Survey maps it on the Jesup quadrangle.

Jubilee within Black Hawk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Jubilee between 2006 and 2015, burning about 37 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
16 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2015Debris and open burning30 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Black Hawk County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Jubilee: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bagenstos Sand & Gravel Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fehl QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fox QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Franta QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Black Hawk County

Storms near this place

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jubilee in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2001Thunderstorm WindJubilee$15,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindJubilee$12,000Semi blown over on Highway 20 east of Waterloo, southwest of Jesup.

Every storm recorded in Black Hawk County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Gilbertville6.3 miles9
La Porte City6.7 miles9
Raymond8.5 miles9
Raymar8.7 miles9
Washburn8.9 miles11
Canfield (historical)9.0 miles9
Elk Run Heights9.9 miles11
Louise10.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464596. 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.