BlockPlatteville, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50836. The Survey maps it on the Conway quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1940 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Conway quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mount Ayr quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Platteville between 2009 and 2017, burning about 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Platteville in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 2 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 2 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Platteville | $150,000 | Emergency Manager reported roof off of building with an estimated 150,000 dollars in damages. Time determined from EM estimate and radar. |
| June 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Platteville | - | Emergency manager reported funnel cloud. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Platteville | - | This was a broad and weak tornado that caused no reported damage and was recorded by a storm chaser. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Platteville | - | This small satellite tornado formed south of Tornado #1 and moved to the ENE. It was photographed from multiple angles and caused no reported damage. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Platteville | - | Trained spotter reported nickel sized hail. |
| July 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Platteville | - | Emergency Manager related multiple public reports of thin funnel clouds. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Platteville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blockton | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Athelstan | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Conway | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Bedford | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Merle Junction | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Clearfield | 11.9 miles | 8 | |
| Sharpsburg | 12.1 miles | 8 | |
| Gravity | 12.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464703. 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.