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Powersville, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Pleasant Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50636. The Survey maps it on the Nashua NW quadrangle.

Powersville within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

8 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Powersville between 2006 and 2018, 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning2

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
14 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 January 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresSac and Fox AgencyBURIAL HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Powersville: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Johlas QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Powers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Todd Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Floyd County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Powersville in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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
July 2007HailPowersville$10,000Reported near county line.
September 2016Tornado (EF0)Powersville$3,000A weak tornado touched down west of Nashua. The tornado moved through rural areas producing only some crop damage.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindPowersville$300no account filed
April 2026HailPowersville-Local officials reported golf ball sized hail 2 miles northeast of Powersville.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindPowersville-Fields of corn were flattened and large tree branches were blow down west of Nashua.
July 2007HailPowersville-no account filed
May 2004HailPowersville-no account filed
June 2002Funnel CloudPowersville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Floyd 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
Midway6.4 miles7
Oakwood6.9 miles7
Carrville7.8 miles7
Roseville8.2 miles7
Charles City9.0 miles7
Carney (historical)9.1 miles7
Marble Rock9.8 miles9
Aureola10.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 460381. 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.