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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.

Malone within Clinton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

1 since 2012

Regional 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 minor1

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
23 November 2012Misuse of fire by a minor12 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Piggott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Scott QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this place

3 since 2002

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMalone-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 2007Thunderstorm WindMalone-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 2002Flash FloodMalone-Highway 30 covered with water up to a half foot deep.

Every storm recorded in Clinton 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
Ramessa (historical)1.8 miles18
Low Moor4.7 miles19
DeWitt5.2 miles15
Elvira5.5 miles19
Folletts6.4 miles21
Shaffton7.0 miles19
Chaney (historical)8.4 miles19
Camanche10.0 miles19

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.