Littleton, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50644. It stands on Little Wapsipinicon River. The Survey maps it on the Littleton quadrangle.
On record in Littleton
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Churchlisted 2017 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Littleton quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Littleton between 2006 and 2020, burning about 4 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 | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Littleton: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloom Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bunker Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jacobsen Farm | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Levendusky Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quality P M Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Littleton in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flood | Littleton | $3,100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littleton | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down a tree and utility pole across Highway V62 blocking an intersection north of Jesup, IA around 11:35 pm June 7. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Littleton | $2,000 | A third tornado briefly touched down 3 miles southeast of Littleton. It produced F0 damage mainly to trees with a path length of only about an 1/8 mile. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littleton | - | Law enforcement Officer reported trees down in town. The time of the event was estimated using radar. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Littleton | - | Heavy rains resulted in rapid rises of the Wapsipinicon River during the morning hours of June 9. Some areas affected were county road V62 about two miles west of Littletown, IA and the Highway 150 bridge on the south side of Independence, IA which had to be closed due to the rising river level. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Littleton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wise | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Otterville | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Jesup | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bryantsburg | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Fairbank | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Independence | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Vista | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hazleton | 8.9 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Littleton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6653076 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 458534. 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.



