Mederville, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Cox Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52043. It stands on Cox Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elkader quadrangle. It stands 794 feet above sea level.
On record in Mederville
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 1 record
Mederville Bridgelisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1902 USGS Elkader quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Elkader quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Oelwein quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Mederville between 2006 and 2007, burning about 41 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 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 December 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Mederville: 13 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spellman Farm | Lead | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Quarry | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Mederville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Thurn Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eldon Kruse Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Farmer Brothers | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Osborne Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mederville in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2012: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mederville | $500 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees along Evergreen Road. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Mederville | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell for around 20 minutes and covered the ground southwest of Mederville. |
| September 2012 | Heavy Rain | Mederville | - | During the evening hours of the 4th into the early morning hours of the 5th, 3.52 inches of rail fell southwest of Elkader. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Mederville | - | Hail did not last long. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osborne | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Littleport | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Communia | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Motor | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Elkader | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Sebald | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Volga | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Elkport | 7.9 miles | 12 |
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 Mederville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16894954 | The 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 458944. 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.






