BlockPleasant Prairie, Iowa
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Fulton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52769. The Survey maps it on the Walcott quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1890 USGS Durant quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Durant quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Rock Island quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1910 USGS Rock Island quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Walcott quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Walcott quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Pleasant Prairie in 2014, burning about 30 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 October 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Prairie: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alteneder Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Lindburg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Melpine Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Smokey Hollow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Prairie in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2010: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Prairie | $40,000 | Wind damage was reported to have damaged or destroyed one third of a house. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Prairie | $25,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph damaged some outbuildings and trees about 3 miles south of Stockton, IA around 530 pm June 19. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Prairie | $10,000 | Semi blown over on U.S. 61 at 97 mile marker. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Pleasant Prairie | - | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding of Highway 61 just west of Blue Grass, IA during the afternoon of June 15. Water was flowing over the highway. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Prairie | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down a large tree limb about 5 miles northwest of Montpelier, IA around 915 pm July 24. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Pleasant Prairie | - | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding of several roads, including Park Avenue, in Muscatine, IA during the late morning and afternoon hours of August 26. Mad creek rose out of its banks. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Prairie | - | Power poles downed. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Prairie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mills (historical) | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| New Era | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Stockton | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Petersburg | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Midway Beach | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sweetland Center | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Montpelier | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Fairport | 6.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 460280. 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.