Primrose, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52625. The Survey maps it on the Farmington quadrangle.
On record in Primrose
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Primrose Milllisted 1983
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Primrose between 2006 and 2014, burning about 57 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1672 150TH AVE, NW OF DONNELLSON, IOWA |
| 16 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2446 150TH AVE, SW OF DONNELLSON, IOWA |
| 30 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 160TH AVE & HWY 2, W OF DONNELLSON, IOWA |
| 30 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Primrose: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnellson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Primrose in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Primrose | $5,000 | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding along 300th Street between Highway 61 and Highway 218 near Montrose and Highway 2 near the Van Buren and Lee County line during the early morning hours of June 21. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Primrose | - | The Department of Highways reported that 170th Street closed from 140th Ave. to 150th Ave. due to high water and flooding. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Primrose | - | A tree branch was blown down, falling on a road. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Primrose | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Keteban Switch (historical) | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Donnellson | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| La Crew | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Hamill | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Big Mound | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Croton | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Franklin | 6.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 460452. 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.





