Paris, Iowa
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52214. It stands on Walton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Central City quadrangle.
On record in Paris
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.
Upper Paris Bridgelisted 1998 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1888 USGS Marion quadrangle1:62500
- 1889 USGS Marion quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Winthrop quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Central City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Paris between 2013 and 2017, burning about 62 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 | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Paris: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Mills Quarry and Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bettenbender Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Boddicker-Murray Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Central City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Coggon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cook Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Park Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paris in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2014: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Paris | $50,000 | A tornado briefly touched down just west of Paris, IA, or about 14.5 miles north of Cedar Rapids, IA around 7:15 PM on July 18th. It destroyed a farm shed completely, ripped part of a roof off of another farm shed, and damaged several trees and crops in the area. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Paris | - | Quarter sized hail fell about 4 miles west of Central City, IA at 506 pm CDT May 20. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paris | - | A trained spotter measured 76 mph winds from an anemometer before the equipment broke. Large trees were blown down. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Paris | - | Non-severe hail (<1.0) fell about 3 miles north northwest of Paris, IA at 718 pm April 6. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Central City | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Coggon | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Paris (historical) | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Troy Mills | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Alburnett | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Alice | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Jordans Grove | 7.1 miles | 14 |
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 Paris | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7137161 | The 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 466176. 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.








