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Moscow, Iowa

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Moscow Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52760. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wilton quadrangle. 290 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 653 feet above sea level.

Moscow within Muscatine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

16 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Moscow between 2013 and 2020, burning about 84 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 burning13
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
22 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 September 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 August 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 June 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 May 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2020Debris and open burning40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2015Smoking3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muscatine County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Moscow: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Atalissa QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mc Killip Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mc Killip Sand Dredge and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thorpe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Muscatine County

Storms near this place

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moscow in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2010FloodMoscow$125,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMoscow-Amateur Radio relayed a report of a tree branch of unknown size down one mile south of Moscow, Iowa.
May 2024Funnel CloudMoscow-Law enforcement reported a possible funnel cloud.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindMoscow-Amateur radio estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 64 MPH.
July 2008HailMoscow-Quarter-sized hail fell 2 miles southwest of Wilton, IA at 458 pm July 7.
April 2023HailMoscow-no account filed
March 2022HailMoscow-no account filed
April 2013FloodMoscow-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Muscatine 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
Wilton3.6 miles14
South Towne Park4.1 miles14
Atalissa4.4 miles12
Summit5.6 miles14
Kent Estates8.0 miles12
Sweetland Center8.2 miles15
Dayfield (historical)8.4 miles9
West Liberty9.6 miles11

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 MoscowAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4304438The 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 465126. 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.