Kenwood, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Paradise Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51528. The Survey maps it on the Charter Oak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Charter Oak quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ida Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Kenwood between 2009 and 2020, burning about 100 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 2014 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1724 UNION AVE, DOW CITY, IA 51528, IOWA |
| 6 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 Kenwood: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dow City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kenwood in 8 storm reports between 2007 and 2016: 3 heavy rain, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenwood | $50,000 | WOWT TV in Omaha reported a grain bin was flattened by high winds. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenwood | $30,000 | Several trees and an old barn was blown over at the intersection of 140th St. and Q Avenue. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Kenwood | $5,000 | The Crawford County dispatch reported water briefly over Highway 141 and some gravel roads in the area due to over 2 inches of rainfall. Conditions improved quickly after the rain ended. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Kenwood | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Kenwood | - | Trained spotter reported nickel sized hail. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Kenwood | - | Rainfall since 1700 CST was 3.6 inches. |
| May 2013 | Heavy Rain | Kenwood | - | Estimate of 2 inches of rain in the past hour. On Highway 141 east of Charter Oak, a spotter saw water pouring out of the fields into ditches, but no flood impacts at that time. |
| July 2009 | Heavy Rain | Kenwood | - | Rainfall of 4 inches fell in about 2 hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell (historical) | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Arion | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Dow City | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Charter Oak | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Kimze | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Sunset Village | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Haley | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Denison | 8.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464603. 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.




