BlockLincoln Center, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50841. The Survey maps it on the Carbon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Carbon quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln Center in 2017, burning about 11 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 | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lincoln Center in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 4 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 2015 | Flood | Lincoln Center | $250,000 | Flooding was reported across much of the county with water affecting roads and low lying areas. Numerous secondary roads across the county remain closed with water flowing over them. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Lincoln Center | $200,000 | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Flood | Lincoln Center | $50,000 | Barricades were placed at 110th and Birch with water flowing over the road. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln Center | $25,000 | Cars were damaged with trees down. A transformer was blown. Funnel clouds were also observed. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Lincoln Center | $5,000 | Hail fell for about five minutes. |
| October 2001 | Hail | Lincoln Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln Center | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Lincoln Center | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln Center | - | Delayed report, peak gust of 65 mph at personal weather station. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Lincoln Center | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strand | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Carbon | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Quincy | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Etna | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Dickieville | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Brooks | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Carl | 11.1 miles | 9 | |
| Corning | 11.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464621. 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.