BlockNorwich, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Tarkio Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51601. The Survey maps it on the Bingham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1939 USGS Farragut quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Farragut quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Bingham quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Norwich between 2006 and 2020, burning about 55 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 57006 241ST ST., TECHNICAL SERVICES. SEC 18 GRANT |
| 21 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 24656 SANDHILL TRAIL, SECTION #17, GRANT TOWNSHIP, |
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norwich in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2017: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwich | - | Large branches were blown down and metal panels were blown off of a shed at 202nd and Hickory. |
| November 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Norwich | - | A couple of storm chasers captured on video a small brief tornado just to the west of Yorktown and north of Highway 2. The tornado appeared to be in open county with no damage reported. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Norwich | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bingham | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Tarkio City (historical) | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Yorktown | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Coin | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Shenandoah | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Essex | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Page Center | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Northboro | 9.5 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464674. 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.