BlockLavinia, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Garfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50579. The Survey maps it on the Rockwell City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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
- 1980 USGS Rockwell City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Carroll quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Carroll quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Lavinia between 2012 and 2019, burning about 52 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | ROCKWELL CITY FIRE DEPT |
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 December 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | ROCKWELL CITY FIRE DEPT |
| 3 October 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lavinia in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Lavinia | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Lavinia | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Lavinia | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavinia | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Lavinia | - | Delayed report of a funnel cloud near Rockwell City via social media. Time and location estimated via radar. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Lavinia | - | Public report of penny sized hail. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavinia | - | Public estimated wind gusts to 60 to 70 mph while driving. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Jolley | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Rockwell City | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Knoke | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Twin Lakes | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Yetter | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Stimsons (historical) | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lake City | 9.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 458246. 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.
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.