Newport, Iowa
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Newport Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52240. The Survey maps it on the Iowa City East quadrangle.
On record in Newport
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Henyon-Kasper-Duffy Barnlisted 2004 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1894 USGS West Liberty quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Stanwood quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Iowa City East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Iowa City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Iowa City East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Newport between 2006 and 2018, burning about 134 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Newport: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meyer Quarry | 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 | ||
| Dingleberry Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Donovan Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stahle Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Vanourney Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Vogel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newport in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2022: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2006 | Hail | Newport | $7,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Newport | - | Rapid Creek at Wilson's Orchard came out of its banks, overspreading an area the size of a football field with 2 to 3 feet of fast flowing water. Access to the south side of the orchard was cut off. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morse | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Elmira | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Graham (historical) | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Solon | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Oasis | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Iowa City | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| North Liberty | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Coralville | 7.1 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 459513. 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.







