Malone, Iowa
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Eden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52742. The Survey maps it on the Malone quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1892 USGS Goose Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Goose Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1899 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Cordova quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Malone quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Malone quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Malone in 2012, burning about 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 November 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Malone: 2 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piggott Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Scott Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malone in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down two trees near Low Moor, IA around 500 am CDT July 23. The trees blocked a gravel road west of town. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | - | Winds estimated to be 60 mph blew down some tree branches 3 to 4 inches in diameter about 4 miles east of De Witt, IA. Time estimated. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Malone | - | Highway 30 covered with water up to a half foot deep. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramessa (historical) | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Low Moor | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| DeWitt | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Elvira | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Folletts | 6.4 miles | 21 | |
| Shaffton | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Chaney (historical) | 8.4 miles | 19 | |
| Camanche | 10.0 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1828967. 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.









