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Locust, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52101. The Survey maps it on the Highlandville quadrangle.

Locust within Winneshiek County

On record in Locust

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

8 surveys from 12 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

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Locust between 2010 and 2018, burning about 26 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
28 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural ResourcesSTEVE NELSON 3461 BEAR CREEK RD., DEC
19 October 2015Equipment and vehicle use16 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winneshiek County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Locust: 10 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Bentley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Broghammer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hanson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Highlandville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Locust QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Peterson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stoskopf QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknonwStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Winneshiek County

Storms near this place

4 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Locust in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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
August 2024Tornado (EF0)Locust$5,000This EF-0 tornado developed about 5 miles north of Decorah, embedded within a downburst that resulted in a complex damage path. The tornado damaged trees, crops, and one outbuilding before being overcome by downburst winds.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindLocust$5,000The public reported roof damage northeast of Decorah.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindLocust-The public reported trees down around a residence north of Decorah and one 12-inch diameter pine trunk snapped.
April 2014HailLocust-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Winneshiek 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
Springwater3.1 miles12
Highlandville3.2 miles12
Sattre4.8 miles12
Hesper5.1 miles12
Canoe (historical)6.1 miles12
Burr Oak8.0 miles12
Freeport8.3 miles12
Decorah8.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464626. 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.