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Langdon, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Meadow Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51301. The Survey maps it on the Dickens quadrangle.

Langdon within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

10 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Langdon between 2006 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined8
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
17 August 2020Debris and open burning6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2018Arson/incendiarism15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 October 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Langdon: 5 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

8 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Langdon in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2014: 5 hail, 3 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 1994HailLangdon$50,000no account filed
June 1994HailLangdon$50,000no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindLangdon$20,000Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, and blew the roof off a building.
June 2014HailLangdon-Golf ball size hail caused an unknown amount of damage to windows and vehicles.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindLangdon-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including at least one tree and several large branches blown down.
July 2009HailLangdon-Large hail was accompanied by estimated 50 mph wind gusts.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindLangdon-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage.
June 2013HailLangdon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Fostoria4.0 miles8
Birchwood Estates4.8 miles8
Spencer5.9 miles8
Dickens6.8 miles7
Everly13.3 miles7
Gillett Grove14.1 miles7
Greenville14.1 miles7
Royal14.7 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 458221. 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.