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Oneida, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Oneida Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52057. The Survey maps it on the Greeley quadrangle.

Oneida within Delaware County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

13 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Oneida between 2009 and 2015, burning about 48 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources2539 155TH STREET, EARLVILLE, IA, IOWA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware 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 Oneida: 7 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harris QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oneida QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wilcox QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oneida in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 3 hail, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2009HailOneida$250,000Hail the size of a golf ball fell in about 2 miles north of Delaware, IA around 228 pm July 24. Several houses near Highway 38 just north of town sustained broken windows and siding damage due to the hail.
July 2009HailOneida$25,000Large hail estimated to be golf ball-size fell about 1 mile west of Oneida, IA at the Kleusner farm around 225 pm July 24. The siding of the residence, garage, and other buildings were heavily damaged. The wind driven large hail also broke several windows of both the house and vehicles.
March 2023Tornado (EF1)Oneida-This EF1 tornado developed southwest of Oneida, IA in Delaware County and moved northeast into Clayton County, IA, around 16:45 LST. This tornado damaged farm outbuildings and trees along its path, determined through ground surveys and Sentinel satellite data, with estimated peak winds around 110 mph. Scour marks on farms were also noted from Sentinel Satellite, as it crossed into Clayton County, about 3 miles west of Colesburg (see NWS LaCrosse StormData for details of tornado in Clayton County).
August 2021Thunderstorm WindOneida-Very strong winds reported.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindOneida-This report was from the county emergency manager who estimated wind gusts up to 75 mph.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindOneida-Winds were estimated of 60 to 70 mph.
June 2015HailOneida-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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
Greeley3.0 miles12
Dutchtown3.1 miles12
Almoral3.4 miles12
Almoral Siding (historical)4.7 miles12
Delaware4.7 miles12
Thorpe5.3 miles12
Earlville6.0 miles12
Manchester6.7 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on OneidaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q86755830The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 459866. 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.