Norway Center, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50274. The Survey maps it on the Massena 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
- 1971 USGS Massena quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Norway Center between 2008 and 2017, burning about 145 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | ATLANTIC FIRE DEPT. |
| 19 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norway Center in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Hail | Norway Center | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Norway Center | $20,000 | Minor damage occurred to outbuildings. |
| July 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Norway Center | - | Trained spotter reported a brief funnel cloud south of Atlantic. |
| July 2009 | Heavy Rain | Norway Center | - | Rainfall since midnight 4.50 inches with Nodaway River overflowing into surrounding fields. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiota | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cumberland | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Grove City (historical) | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Sycamore Village | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Massena | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Atlantic | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Anita | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Lorah | 9.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464673. 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.





