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Madrid, Iowa

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Douglas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50156. The Survey maps it on the Luther quadrangle.

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Madrid within Boone County

On record in Madrid

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Madrid between 2009 and 2010, burning about 25 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/undetermined2

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
17 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources2443 HWY E-43, IOWA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Madrid: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
G. Eckert YardClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
Gast PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hodges PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hollingsworth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
S N WilsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

60 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madrid in 71 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 29 thunderstorm wind, 17 heavy rain, 16 hail, 6 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
November 2005Tornado (F2)Madrid2 hurt, $750,000Tornado moved from Dallas County into Boone County. Two injuries occurred in Woodward.
November 2005Tornado (F1)Madrid$200,000Tornado hit one home, but remained mostly in open countryside.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMadrid$100,000Local law enforcement reports power lines and trees down across the county. Some roads blocked by debris and a house struck by a tree on 320th about 2 miles northeast of Madrid.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMadrid$50,000High winds tore part of the roof off of a stick built house.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMadrid$50,000A barn was blown down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMadrid$50,000no account filed
June 1994HailMadrid$50,000no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindMadrid$50,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMadrid$25,000Extensive large tree limbs blown off trees. Bulldozer will be needed to clear streets.
May 2004HailMadrid$25,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMadrid$15,000no account filed
May 2004HailMadrid$15,000no account filed
May 2024Tornado (EF0)Madrid$10,000This QLCS tornado started a few miles north of Woodward and moved eastward quickly. Most of the damage along the entire path was to trees although one farmstead south of Luther had damage to one of the outbuildings. The tornado lifted to the south of Napier in eastern Boone County.
May 2018HailMadrid$10,000Trained spotter reported up to about ping pong ball sized hail.
May 2018HailMadrid$10,000Law enforcement reported up to golf ball sized hail.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindMadrid$10,000no account filed
May 2004HailMadrid$10,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMadrid$10,000no account filed
July 2000LightningMadrid$9,000no account filed
April 2018Thunderstorm WindMadrid$5,000Public reported shingles taken off of roof.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMadrid$5,000Several large trees greater than 12 inches in diameter felled. Large tree branches of 6 inches or greater also broken.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMadrid$5,000Boone County law enforcement reported 12 inch tree limbs down in Madrid.
May 2001Tornado (F1)Madrid$5,000Tornado tracked down during its brief life through open country.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMadrid$5,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMadrid$5,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMadrid$5,000no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindMadrid$5,000no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindMadrid$5,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindMadrid$5,000no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindMadrid$5,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMadrid$3,000Several 4 to 6 inch tree branches were down and blown through the neighborhood.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindMadrid$3,000no account filed
July 2013HailMadrid$2,000no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindMadrid$2,000no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindMadrid$2,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMadrid$2,000no account filed
June 2001HailMadrid$2,000no account filed
April 2022Tornado (EF0)Madrid$1,500This tornado passed from Polk into Boone southeast of Madrid. It remained on the ground passing through southeast Boone county encountering a couple of farmstead with mainly minor tree damage. Otherwise, the bulk of the path was across open farmland. A TDS was also observed on the KDMX WSR-88D radar. This tornado crossed from Boone county into Story county to the southwest of Kelley, Iowa.
April 2002Tornado (F0)Madrid$1,000Brief touchdown in open country. Little significant damage.
May 2004HailMadrid$1,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMadrid$1,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMadrid-Large branch and power line down in the street.
July 2024HailMadrid-Delayed report, time estimated by radar.
June 2022Heavy RainMadrid-A 24 hour rain total of 4.28 inches.
June 2022Funnel CloudMadrid-Several reports of funnel clouds received between Luther and Madrid.
June 2022Heavy RainMadrid-A 24 hour rain total of 3.36 inches.
June 2022Heavy RainMadrid-A 24 hour rain total of 4.21 inches.
June 2022Heavy RainMadrid-A 24 hour rain total of 4.50 inches. Light rain ongoing at time of observation.
July 2021HailMadrid-Time estimated via radar.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMadrid-Mesonet station reported a 51 knot wind gust.
May 2018HailMadrid-Emergency manager reported quarter sized hail.
June 2018Heavy RainMadrid-Public relayed a picture of their rain gage with about 3.1 inches of heavy rainfall since last night. Location was about 4 mi north of the High Trestle Trail Bridge.
June 2018Heavy RainMadrid-Trained spotter reported heavy rainfall of 3.09 through 9:30 pm.
June 2018Heavy RainMadrid-Emergency manager reported storm total heavy rainfall of 3.75 inches so far since Monday evening.
June 2018Heavy RainMadrid-Emergency manager reported storm total heavy rainfall of 4.24 inches.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMadrid-Emergency manager reported wind gusts to around 60 mph along with small branches down.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMadrid-Emergency manager reported numerous small branches broken or down. Time estimated from radar.
August 2016Heavy RainMadrid-Trained spotter reported storm total heavy rainfall of 3.01 inches, via social media.
August 2016Funnel CloudMadrid-Storm chaser reported a small, poorly defined funnel from an elevated storm.
September 2015Heavy RainMadrid-Public reported heavy rainfall storm total of 2.51 inches. End time estimated from radar.

Every storm recorded in Boone 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
Luther6.3 miles13
Napier9.0 miles11
Ericson10.6 miles13
Moingona11.3 miles13
Jordan12.1 miles13
Coal Valley12.7 miles13
Boone13.0 miles13
Logansport14.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 458731. 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.