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Norwoodville, Iowa

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Delaware Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50317. It stands on Norwood Branch. The Survey maps it on the Des Moines NE quadrangle.

Norwoodville within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Norwoodville between 2006 and 2011, burning about 22 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/undetermined5

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural ResourcesU.S 20 @ N-57, IA
7 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 February 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Norwoodville: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Flagstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Capitol Hill Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Can-Tex Industries West PitClayProducer
Iowa Clay Pipe Co. PitClayPast Producer
Berwick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bowser PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Se 22nd St. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norwoodville in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2015Thunderstorm WindNorwoodville$25,000Trained spotter reported a sheet metal roof and trees damaged near Euclid and Delaware. Time estimated from radar.
June 2019Flash FloodNorwoodville$20,000Iowa DOT reported calls stalled out near the intersection of Euclid and Delaware Ave from high water.
September 2018HailNorwoodville$15,000WHO relayed reports of 2 inch hail in the Norwoodville Neighborhood. Time estimated from radar.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindNorwoodville$15,000An exit sign was blown down on the east Mixmaster.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindNorwoodville$2,000Measured at an IDOT Roadway Weather Information Site.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindNorwoodville-Trained spotter reported estimated sustained winds of 45 mph and wind gusts to 60 mph. At the time, small branches broken.
June 2011HailNorwoodville-Marble to nickel size hail on Interstate 80.

Every storm recorded in Polk County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Bowsher1.1 miles16
Country Estate Village1.5 miles16
Swanwood1.6 miles16
Berwick1.7 miles16
Marquisville2.3 miles16
Capitol Heights2.3 miles16
Easton Place2.3 miles16
Saylor2.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 459673. 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.