Rubio, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52585. It stands on Richland Creek. The Survey maps it on the Richland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Richland quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Muscatine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Rubio between 2006 and 2020, burning about 89 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 March 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rubio in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Flood | Rubio | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rubio | $1,000 | A trained spotter reported several trees were damaged, and some boards were blown off the railroad walkway. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rubio | - | Tree limbs down that were several inches in diameter. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rubio | - | A trained spotter reported flattened corn. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Hill | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Brighton | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Titu | 8.6 miles | 7 | |
| West Chester | 10.3 miles | 7 | |
| Eureka (historical) | 11.9 miles | 7 | |
| Lexington | 14.0 miles | 7 | |
| Washington | 14.0 miles | 7 | |
| Nira | 16.1 miles | 7 |
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 Rubio | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7376153 | 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 460841. 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.




