BlockRoelyn, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Fulton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50566. The Survey maps it on the Moorland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moorland quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Carroll quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Carroll quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Roelyn between 2009 and 2010, burning about 7 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1496 280TH ST., 1 MI N OR CALLENDER, 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 Roelyn: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lohr Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Peterson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roelyn in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roelyn | $440,000 | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Roelyn | $50,000 | This tornado continued into Webster County from Calhoun County. This tornado entered the county near US Highway 20 and continued northeast through the east side of Barnum. Most minor damage to houses occurred along with tree damage. The tornado dissipated to the northeast of Barnum near Lizard Creek. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roelyn | $10,000 | Amateur radio operator reported a transformer blown down/over. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Roelyn | $10,000 | A car was stranded in water at the underpass along highway 20. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roelyn | $1,000 | Trained spotter estimated a wind gust of 60 MPH. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Roelyn | $500 | Trained spotter reported wind driven hail broke multiple window screens at the residence. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roelyn | - | Personal weather station gusted to 59 mph as the gust front moved through. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roelyn | - | Amateur radio operator reported wind gusts to 70 mph. |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122542129 | 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 460761. 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.