Republic, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50645. The Survey maps it on the Tripoli NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Tripoli NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Republic between 2010 and 2018, burning about 821 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 270TH ST., IA |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 270TH AND FAYETTE AVE, IA |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 750 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2175 290TH, NEW HAMPTON, IOWA |
| 21 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2026 240TH ST., NEW HAMPTON, IOWA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Republic: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Republic in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Republic | - | A funnel cloud was sighted southeast of Ionia. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Republic | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamstown | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Dresden (historical) | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Bradford | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Ionia | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Nashua | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Chickasaw | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Boyd | 8.5 miles | 7 | |
| New Hampton | 8.6 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 460589. 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.



