BlockMetz, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Mound Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50208. It stands on Severs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Colfax quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Metz in 2009, burning about 50 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Metz: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roscoe Maggard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Metz in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Flood | Metz | $50,000 | North Skunk River was out of its banks along I-80. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Metz | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Metz | - | Personal weather station wind gust report. |
| May 2024 | Flood | Metz | - | Road closed due to two feet of water flowing over the road. Flood waters also entering homes and businesses. |
| June 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Metz | - | This tornado was posted on social media and remained in rural cropland. No damage indicators were impacted, hence the EFU rating. |
| October 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Metz | - | Emergency manager reported a funnel cloud. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Metz | - | Measured via personal anemometer. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Metz | - | A storm chaser estimated winds of 60 MPH 3 miles east southeast of Metz. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs Grove | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Wilson (historical) | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Severs | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Coal Siding (historical) | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Goddard | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Newton | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Colfax | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Prairie City | 7.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464654. 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.