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Quandahl, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Waterloo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52101. The Survey maps it on the Dorchester quadrangle.

Quandahl within Allamakee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Quandahl between 2009 and 2018, burning about 104 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 July 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 2018Debris and open burning40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural ResourcesSTEVE NELSON 3461 BEAR CREEK RD., DEC
19 October 2015Equipment and vehicle use16 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allamakee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Quandahl: 8 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. 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
Iverson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lonning PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boonies QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hammell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Highlandville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Morken QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rud QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknonwStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Allamakee County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quandahl in 3 storm reports in 2008: 2 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
June 2008Flash FloodQuandahl3 hurt, $2,000,000Excessive rainfall caused fairly widespread flash flooding across the county. Steep terrain enhanced the flash flood threat causing mud slides and damaged infrastructure. Numerous roads were washed out and bridges damaged. A mud slide at Camp Tahigwa Girl Scout camp near Dorchester trapped part of the staff, but no one was injured. In Dorchester, the Waterloo Creek flash flooded swamping several mobile homes or trailers and cars along Highway 76. Water swept through town very quickly trapping people on their cars and roof tops. There were three injuries as a result.
June 2008FloodQuandahl$1,250,000Many roads, mainly secondary, were washed out in the county. Rainfall totals of 5-7 inches were reported for the weekend of June 7-8 with widespread flood problems. About 2500 acres of crops were damaged.
June 2008Flash FloodQuandahl$750,000Another round of thunderstorms led to additional flash flooding with numerous more mudslides reported by the county and more roads damaged.

Every storm recorded in Allamakee 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
Dorchester5.2 miles11
Hanover7.7 miles11
Lycurgus12.7 miles13
Waukon14.3 miles13
Ludlow15.6 miles11
Church15.7 miles14
New Albin17.1 miles14
Elon19.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 460480. 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.