BlockSalina, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Buchanan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52556. The Survey maps it on the Salina 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 Salina quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Muscatine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Salina between 2008 and 2020, burning about 312 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 June 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 March 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Salina: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldosier Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Germanville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salina in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 hail. 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 2006 | Hail | Salina | $2,000 | chunks the size of golfballs and possibly larger |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beckwith | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Perlee | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Germanville | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Lockridge | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| East Pleasant Plain | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Merrimac | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Pleasant Plain | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Fairfield | 7.3 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 461377. 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.