BlockMiller, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ellington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50438. The Survey maps it on the Miller quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Miller quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Miller: 7 past producers, 4 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friedman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Laharve Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Miller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Torkelson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Torkelson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miller in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 4 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | $150,000 | Machine shed completely destroyed. Damage to power lines and trees. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | $70,000 | Outbuilding heavily damaged. Debris strewn into a field to the ENE. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | $40,000 | A large metal shed which was bolted to a concrete pad was twisted and ripped from the foundation. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | $10,000 | Two 1 to 2 foot diameter trees were snapped near the base at a farm south of Forest City. Additional trees fell in the pasture to the north of their house. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Miller | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | $2,000 | Several branches downed. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Miller | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Personal Weather Station gust to 64 mph. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | AWOS report of a 59 mph gust. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Forest City Municipal Airport AWOS recorded a 60 mph wind gust. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Miller | - | Forest City Municipal Airport AWOS recorded heavy rainfall of 3.86 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Forest City AWOS recorded a 63 mph wind gust. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Forest City Airport AWOS recorded a 66 mph wind gust. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Miller | - | Forest City AWOS recorded heavy rainfall of 2.19 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Miller | - | Forest City AWOS measured 2.08 inches of heavy rainfall over the last 24 hours. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Several large tree limbs down near 280th and Sioux Ave (no Sioux Ave found in maps, maybe meant Sage Ave). Structural damage to a large machine shed. |
| July 2010 | Heavy Rain | Miller | - | Estimated 3.5 inches of rain had fallen. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayfield Junction | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Hawley | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Hayfield | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Garner | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Duncan | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Crystal Lake | 10.5 miles | 7 | |
| Klemme | 12.2 miles | 7 | |
| Britt | 12.2 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 459097. 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.
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.