BlockNevinville, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Colony Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50801. The Survey maps it on the Nevinville 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 Nevinville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Nevinville between 2013 and 2020, burning about 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this place
10 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nevinville in 10 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2010 | Flash Flood | Nevinville | $25,000 | Water over Willow Road near the intersection of 150th St. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Nevinville | $25,000 | Water over the roads near 150th and Union. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevinville | $15,000 | A tree fell on a house with other large limbs down, caused by microburst. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Nevinville | $15,000 | One foot of water flowing over the intersection of Union and 150th Street. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Nevinville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Nevinville | $10,000 | Storm Chaser video and high resolution satellite imagery provide solid evidence for this tornado. This tornado began just north of 150th street west of P13 and moved east northeast. It destroyed a small outbuilding shortly after developing and then remained mostly in rural cropland. It did produce some minor damage to a farmstead on the county line road before entering Union county. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Nevinville | - | Up to quarter sized hail near east county line. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Nevinville | - | Reported up to quarter sized hail. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Nevinville | - | Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail via social media. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Nevinville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamson | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Carl | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Prescott | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Stringtown | 12.0 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Etna | 12.6 miles | 9 | |
| Icarid (historical) | 14.4 miles | 8 | |
| Queen City (historical) | 14.8 miles | 9 | |
| Mercer | 16.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 459462. 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.
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.