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Judd, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Colfax Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50501. The Survey maps it on the Evanston quadrangle.

Judd within Webster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

3 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Judd between 2013 and 2015, burning about 46 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
Smoking3

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
27 April 2015Smokingunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2015Smoking45 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 January 2013Smoking1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Webster County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Judd: 13 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Perlite, Clay, 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
UnknownFlagstonePast Producer
Hoover PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hudson/Otho PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Johnston Clay WorksClayPast Producer
Kalo Brick and Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Fort Dodge PlantGypsum-Anhydrite, PerlitePast Producer
National Gypsum PlantGypsum-Anhydrite, PerliteProducer
U S Gypsum PlantGypsum-Anhydrite, PerliteProducer
Breen-Jordison QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Cardiff GypsumGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Webster County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Judd in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2018: 2 hail, 1 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
June 2012Thunderstorm WindJudd$5,000Frequent gusts to 70 MPH from 2115 to 2229 CDT along with pea size hail.
April 2018HailJudd-Trained spotter reported nickel to quarter sized hail.
June 2018HailJudd-Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Webster 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
Evanston2.7 miles11
Duncombe3.0 miles9
Brushy3.5 miles11
Cypsum City (historical)4.2 miles11
Coalville4.4 miles11
Border Plains5.1 miles11
Kalo5.2 miles11
Shady Oak5.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464597. 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.