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Massey, Iowa

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Mosalem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52003. It lies near Ninemile Island. The Survey maps it on the Menominee quadrangle.

Massey within Dubuque County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

11 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Massey between 2010 and 2020, burning about 47 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
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2012Smokingunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2020Debris and open burning4.2 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2020Debris and open burning4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural ResourcesMINES OF SPAIN REC AREA, IOWA
10 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dubuque County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Massey: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Dubuque Sand and Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jones PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
ExcavationPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
OutcropPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Stream BankPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Graham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hanten QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Mar Jo Hills QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dubuque County

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Massey in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2024Thunderstorm WindMassey-The Emergency Manager reported that large healthy trees were uprooted and scattered. They estimated the thunderstorm wind speeds of 90 to 100 MPH. The time of the event was estimated using radar.
May 2019FloodMassey-The Mississippi River at Dubuque Lock Dam 11 began the month above the major flood stage of 20.5 feet. The river was at 21.28 feet at midnight and continued to fall below is major flood stage around 6 PM on May 2nd. The Mississippi River at Dubuque (DBQI4) began the month also at major flood stage over 21.5 feet. The river was 22.8 feet at Midnight, and continued to fall below major flood stage by late evening May 4th.

Every storm recorded in Dubuque 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
Shawondasse0.7 miles20
King1.8 miles20
Wilkins2.7 miles20
Cattese3.2 miles20
South Switch Junction4.5 miles20
Key West5.4 miles20
Rockdale5.5 miles20
Dubuque6.4 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on MasseyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q60760580The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 458851. 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.