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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.

Littleton within Buchanan County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

4 since 2006

Regional 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
7 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Buchanan County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bloom QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bunker Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jacobsen FarmStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Levendusky QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quality P M PitSand 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 Buchanan County

Storms near this place

6 since 2000

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008FloodLittleton$3,100,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLittleton$5,000Wind 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 2000Tornado (F0)Littleton$2,000A 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 2025Thunderstorm WindLittleton-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 2008FloodLittleton-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 2023HailLittleton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Buchanan 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
Wise3.5 miles9
Otterville4.4 miles12
Jesup4.5 miles9
Bryantsburg6.9 miles12
Fairbank7.4 miles9
Independence8.4 miles11
Vista8.5 miles11
Hazleton8.9 miles12

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 LittletonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6653076The 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.