BlockPitzer, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50072. The Survey maps it on the Pitzer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1952 USGS Winterset quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Pitzer quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Pitzer between 2009 and 2016, burning about 9 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 burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | STUART FIRE DEPT. |
| 10 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Pitzer: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Early Chapel Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Eyerly Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ninety-Two Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| North River Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pitzer in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 flood, 2 tornado, 2 hail, 2 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Pitzer | $1,000,000 | Tornado caused property damage to several farms. A roof was torn off one of the houses and windows were broken out. |
| September 2014 | Flood | Pitzer | $250,000 | A water rescue took place at 1700 Pitzer road in Madison County. Two vehicles hit a water low spot where the road had been flooded by the North River and it inundated both vehicles at separate times. The drivers of each vehicle had to be rescued and with no injuries reported. One driver was rescued out of a tree while the other was rescued from the top of one of the vehicles. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Pitzer | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Pitzer | $150,000 | Law Enforcement in Madison County reported widespread street flooding throughout the county. |
| November 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Pitzer | $25,000 | This fast moving tornado damaged at least one farmstead west of Winterset and was captured on video by a storm chaser. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Pitzer | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Pitzer | - | Trained spotter reported a funnel cloud a quarter of the way to the ground. This is a delayed report, time estimated. |
| June 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Pitzer | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Pitzer | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464702. 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.