Moingona, Iowa
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Marcy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50036. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boone West quadrangle. It stands 919 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1916 USGS Boone quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Boone West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Moingona between 2009 and 2017, burning about 30 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 March 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | BOONE |
| 31 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1624 220TH STREET, IOWA |
| 14 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Wetland Management District | HARRIER MARSH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Moingona: 14 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahrens Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Boone Clay Works | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Boone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Everett Yard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Jacob Yegge Brickyard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Keeney Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mondt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| N. W. Griffee Pottery Works | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Slater Yard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Swigert Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moingona in 14 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 6 heavy rain, 4 flash flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Moingona | $50,000 | Extensive street flooding in Boone. Flash flooding reported at 150th and 139th St. in Boone County. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Moingona | $25,000 | Street flooding was reported with stalled cars. Water was running in fields near the Boone Story county border. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Moingona | $10,000 | Water was reported over numerous intersections and streets with 1.80 inches of rainfall in a short period of time. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Moingona | - | Canyon road impassable due to water over the road. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Moingona | - | Report via social media. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Moingona | - | A 24 hour rain total of 3.92 inches. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Moingona | - | A 24 hour rain total of 3.77 inches. |
| October 2019 | Heavy Rain | Moingona | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.02 inches over the past 24 hours. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Moingona | - | Public reported quarter sized hail. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Moingona | - | CoCoRaHS observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.42 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Moingona | - | Public reported a mix of quarter and half dollar size hail that lasted 10 minutes. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Moingona | - | CoCoRaHS observer measured heavy rainfall of 1.94 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Moingona | - | Public reported heavy rainfall of 5.50 inches since Thursday night. |
| August 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Moingona | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Valley | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Logansport | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Boone | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Centerville | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Ogden | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Luther | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ericson | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Fraser | 7.8 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 Moingona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20658071 | 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 459166. 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.





