BlockQuincy, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Quincy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50841. The Survey maps it on the Carbon quadrangle. It stands 1,289 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Carbon quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Quincy between 2006 and 2020, burning about 135 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quincy in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Quincy | $150,000 | Many roads washed out across western Adams County west of Highway 148 and north of Highway 34. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quincy | $50,000 | Emergency Manager reported a path of wind damage from 183rd and Hickory Ave in Quincy to Lake Icaria. Numerous trees were down and two campers flipped at the Lake Icaria campgrounds. Time of start point estimated via radar. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Quincy | $5,000 | The Adams County EM stated that there was a swath of 1 inch diameter hail that fell from the Lake Icaria area, northeast to the county border. Hail fell from 1735 to 1805 CST. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Quincy | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 2022 | Hail | Quincy | - | Ping pong sized hail at Lake Acaria. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Quincy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Corning | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Queen City (historical) | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Brooks | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Dickieville | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Etna | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Icarid (historical) | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Strand | 6.3 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Quincy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18389964 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464710. 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.
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.