Logansport, Iowa
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Des Moines Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50036. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boone West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1916 USGS Boone quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Boone West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Logansport between 2010 and 2017, burning about 2 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/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | HWY 17, P AVE, BOONE COUNTY, IOWA |
| 16 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Wetland Management District | HARRIER MARSH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Logansport: 16 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone Clay Works | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Everett Yard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Jacob Yegge Brickyard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| N. W. Griffee Pottery Works | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Slater Yard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ahrens Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Boone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Laube Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Logansport in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2016: 2 hail, 2 heavy rain. 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 2016 | Heavy Rain | Logansport | - | CoCoRaHS observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.04 inches from last night. |
| September 2015 | Heavy Rain | Logansport | - | CoCoRaHS report of heavy rainfall storm total of 2.45 inches. End time estimated by radar. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Logansport | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Logansport | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Coal Valley | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Moingona | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Boone | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Fraser | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Ogden | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Wolf | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Pilot Mound | 7.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 458569. 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.





