BlockMount Etna, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50841. The Survey maps it on the Corning North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Corning North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Mount Etna in 2017, burning about 140 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 burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 110 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mount Etna: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Etna Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mount Etna in 1 storm report in 1993: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1993 | Hail | Mount Etna | $50,000 | A warm front was to the south of Iowa while a cold front was approaching from the Dakotas. At the same time, a moderate to strong southerly flow of air developed in the lower levels of the atmosphere. This flow drew moisture in a shallow layer of moisture northward from the remnants of Hurricane Gert. Thunderstorms erupted over Kansas and southeast Nebraska, then moved into southwest Iowa. Heavy rainfall occurred over the southwest counties of the state. Reports of 1.50 to 2.50 inches of rain were common over a seven county area. Since soil moisture conditions were at the saturation point, all rainfall quickly ran off causing widespread flash flooding. Generally speaking, the flooding was fairly minor by this summers standards, but still several roads were overtopped with flood waters. The storms did produce gusty winds and several reports of pea-size to a little larger hail. One of the storms did produce larger hail. A storm which, had reached tops in excess of 60,000 feet at one point, moved into Adams County. Hail a little larger than quarters pounded an area west of Mount Etna for 30 minutes. The actual location of most of the hail was in Lincoln Township, the northwest corner, one half mile south of the Cass/Adams County border on county road N28. Crop damage in the area was extensive. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Quincy | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Carbon | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lincoln Center | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Queen City (historical) | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Icarid (historical) | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Corning | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Williamson | 9.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 459290. 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.