Ridgeport, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Dodge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50036. The Survey maps it on the Fraser quadrangle.
On record in Ridgeport
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 2 records
Squaw Creek Bridge 2listed 1998- Squaw Creek Bridgelisted 1998
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.
- 1916 USGS Boone quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Fraser quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Ridgeport between 2007 and 2017, burning about 16 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1954 390TH ST. STRATFORD, IA |
| 14 July 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 3186 SOUTH RIVER WAY STRATFORD, IA |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1379 390TH ST. STRATFORD, IA, IA |
| 16 April 2007 | 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
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Ridgeport: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laube Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nystrom Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stumbo Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ridgeport in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2015: 4 flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 hail, 1 flash 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 | Ridgeport | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flood | Ridgeport | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Ridgeport | $50,000 | Intersection of County Highways R27 and E18 closed due to flooding. Over a foot of water was reported flowing over a gravel road in the same area. Four to 5 inches of rainfall has been measured. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Ridgeport | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Ridgeport | $3,000 | Law Enforcement reports up to quarter size hail at the intersection of E18 and Nature Road. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Ridgeport | - | This was a short-lived tornado that formed on the leading edge of a QLCS. It stayed in rural areas and caused some minor crop and tree damage, but did not cause any known damage to structures. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Ridgeport | - | City of Ames alert station reported heavy rainfall of 5.60 inches since 5am. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Ridgeport | - | Rainfall of 1.75 inches was measured in the past 24 hours. |
| August 2010 | Flood | Ridgeport | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fraser | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pilot Mound | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Centerville | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Wolf | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Griffen | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Logansport | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Boone | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Mackey | 8.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 460628. 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.





