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Perlee, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Penn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52556. The Survey maps it on the Fairfield North quadrangle.

Perlee within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

15 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Perlee between 2008 and 2020, burning about 196 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
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 June 2017Smokingunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 May 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 May 2018Debris and open burning25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2015Smokingunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 2020Debris and open burning100 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 March 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

15 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perlee in 15 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 9 hail, 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2026HailPerlee-A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters. The time of the hail was estimated using radar.
August 2013HailPerlee-A trained spotter reported mostly nickel size hail and several stones the size of quarters near Perlee.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindPerlee-Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down some 3 to 4 inch diameter branches 5 miles northeast of Fairfield, IA at 917 am CDT May 29.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindPerlee-A 70 mph wind gust was measured 5 miles northeast of Fairfield, IA at 917 am CDT May 29.
September 2011HailPerlee-Non-severe dime sized hail fell about 5 miles northeast of Fairfield, IA at 203 pm CDT September 3.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindPerlee-Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down numerous 4 inch diameter tree limbs about 5 miles northeast of Fairfield, IA at 1042 pm June 1.
June 2010HailPerlee-Quarter-sized hail fell about 5 miles northeast of Fairfield, IA at 850 pm June 18.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPerlee-Wind gusts estimated to be 50 to 60 mph blew down some small branches about 5 miles northeast of Fairfield, IA around 234 am June 18.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPerlee-Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down some tree limbs and small trees about 5 miles northeast of Fairfield, IA at 7:48 pm June 8.
July 2007HailPerlee-Penny to quarter size hail fell at the intersection of Pleasant Plain Rd and Olive Avenue near Perlee, IA, or about 6 miles ENE of Fairfield, IA.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindPerlee-Wind gusts were estimated to be 60 mph just northeast of Fairfield, IA. Several tree branches were snapped off.
May 2023HailPerlee-no account filed
April 2011HailPerlee-no account filed
June 2010HailPerlee-no account filed
October 2000HailPerlee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Salina4.6 miles7
East Pleasant Plain4.6 miles7
Veo4.9 miles7
Pleasant Plain5.0 miles7
Maharishi Vedic City5.3 miles7
Beckwith5.6 miles7
Fairfield6.1 miles7
Germanville7.2 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464695. 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.