BlockKilbourn, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lick Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52535. It stands on Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Zion quadrangle.
On record in Kilbourn
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Kilbourn Bridgelisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Mount Zion quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Kilbourn between 2008 and 2017, burning about 160 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 | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 February 2017 | Smoking | 150 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Kilbourn: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downing Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Miller Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Old County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sargent Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Van Buren County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kilbourn in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kilbourn | - | NWS Storm Survey found 1 to 3 inch diameter tree branches broken and a grain bin destroyed. |
| July 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Kilbourn | - | A NWS Storm Survey found an EF-1 tornado damaged a small farm outbuilding and tracked through a corn field and trees, finally ending and destroying a historic stone barn. The tornado was on the ground for 2.14 miles with a maximum path width of 50 yards. The peak estimated wind speed of 100 MPH. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Kilbourn | - | A trained spotter reported nickel size hail but mostly pea size hail near Kilbourn. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kilbourn | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 to 80 mph were observed 5 miles northwest of Keosauqua, IA at 454 pm June 23. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Kilbourn | - | Golf ball-sized hail fell 5 miles northwest of Keosauqua, IA at 716 pm June 21. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Kilbourn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Zion | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Pittsburg | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Winchester | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Parksville (historical) | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Birmingham | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Keosauqua | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Pleasant Hill (historical) | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Leando | 6.6 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 458070. 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.