BlockPittsburg, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52565. It stands on Chequest Creek. The Survey maps it on the Keosauqua quadrangle. It stands 587 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Keosauqua quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pittsburg: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downing Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Old County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sargent Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Van Buren County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pittsburg in 9 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 5 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Tornado (F2) | Pittsburg | $30,000 | Rated F2. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsburg | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew a billboard over about 1 mile north of Keosauqua, IA at 815 pm CDT June 26. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsburg | $1,000 | A few trees were confirmed down on 205th Street in Pittsburg. The time was estimated from local radar data. |
| July 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Pittsburg | - | A NWS Storm Survey found an EF-1 tornado touched down just north of Keosauqua destroying several large outbuildings and equipment in a lumberyard. Corn crop damage was also found along its 0.19 mile path with a maximum width of 75 yards. The estimated peak winds were 110 MPH. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Pittsburg | - | A trained spotter reported nickel size hail falling for 3 minutes near Pittsburgh. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Pittsburg | - | Quarter-sized hail fell 1 mile north of Keosauqua, IA at 720 pm June 21. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Pittsburg | - | Half dollar-sized hail fell 1 mile north of Keosauqua, IA at 722 pm June 21. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Pittsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Pittsburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keosauqua | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Pleasant Hill (historical) | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Zion | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Kilbourn | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lebanon | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Vernon | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Bentonsport | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Leando | 7.9 miles | 7 |
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 Pittsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7199183 | 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 460198. 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.
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.