Protivin, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in New Oregon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52163. The Survey maps it on the Protivin quadrangle.
On record in Protivin
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
Bohemian Savings Banklisted 1990
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Protivin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Charles City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Protivin between 2006 and 2020, burning about 21 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 | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 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 Protivin: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Englehard Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kruse Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Protivin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Protivin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Protivin in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 11 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2008 | Flood | Protivin | $750,000 | Flash flooding led to aerial flooding across much of the county. Numerous roads and bridges remained closed, mainly in the northern part of the county.||In the Lime Springs area, the road to Lidtke park was damaged and water approached the top of the Lidtke Mill bridge.||Parts of Protivin was evacuated due to flood waters and ponding. Crops were also hit hard with too much standing water. |
| August 2007 | Flood | Protivin | $50,000 | Runoff from heavy rainfall continued to cause flooding on streams and creeks, with sand bagging on Bohemian Creek in Protivin. |
| October 2006 | Hail | Protivin | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Protivin | $30,000 | A business building was destroyed by a storm in the Protivin area. A gustnado likely caused the damage, but local officials suspected a tornado may have struck in a 100-foot area and destroyed the building. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Protivin | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Protivin | $20,000 | Bohemian Creek was out of its banks and sand bagging was taking place in Protivin. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Protivin | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Protivin | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Protivin | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Protivin | $8,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Protivin | $5,000 | Heavy rains from Tropical Depression Cristobal caused some flash flooding to occur across the eastern sections of Howard County. Roads were closed because of high water west of Protovin. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Protivin | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Protivin | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Protivin | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Protivin | - | Sandbagging occurred in Protivin after heavy rain pushed Bohemian Creek out of its banks. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Protivin | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Protivin | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Protivin | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Protivin | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Protivin | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Protivin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schley | 9.1 miles | 7 | |
| Vernon Springs | 9.6 miles | 7 | |
| Lourdes | 11.5 miles | 7 | |
| Cresco | 11.5 miles | 7 | |
| Bonair | 15.2 miles | 7 | |
| Davis Corners | 15.3 miles | 7 | |
| Maple Leaf | 16.9 miles | 7 | |
| Elma | 18.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 460466. 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.




