Lacey, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50207. The Survey maps it on the New Sharon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS New Sharon quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Lacey between 2009 and 2015, burning about 1,146 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2014 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1,000 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 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 Lacey: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Langstraat Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lacey in 13 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 5 heavy rain, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacey | $75,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacey | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacey | $5,000 | Power lines were downed by high winds. An elevated fuel tank was blown over and a barn door blown 20 feet. Dime size hail also fell. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacey | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Lacey | $1,000 | A trained spotter reported nickel to quarter size hail 3 miles south of New Sharon. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Lacey | - | Report of quarter sized hail with potentially a few larger stones present. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Lacey | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.03 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Lacey | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.20 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| June 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Lacey | - | Law enforcement reported a funnel cloud. |
| June 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Lacey | - | State official reported receiving multiple reports from the public of a funnel cloud dropping from and receding into the cloud base northwest of Oskaloosa over the previous 5 minutes. Rotation was also noted in clouds southwest of New Sharon. |
| November 2015 | Heavy Rain | Lacey | - | Mesonet station reported heavy rainfall of 1.79 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Lacey | - | Rainfall of 2.06 inches this evening. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Lacey | - | Rainfall total for the past 24 hours was 5.62 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Sharon | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Union Mills | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Bernina (historical) | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Neska | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Oskaloosa | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| University Park | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Evans | 8.2 miles | 7 | |
| Spring Valley | 8.3 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 458162. 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.





