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Schley, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Paris Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52136. The Survey maps it on the Cresco SW quadrangle.

Schley within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

9 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Schley between 2009 and 2020, burning about 229 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 May 2020Debris and open burning20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2015Debris and open burning15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2015Debris and open burning20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2015Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2020Equipment and vehicle use65 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Schley: 1 past producer, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Schley Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Howard County

Storms near this place

6 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schley in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2021Tornado (EF0)Schley$600,000This was the third tornado of the night in Howard County. This EF0 tornado formed west of Schley and move northeast before dissipating east of Davis Corners. This tornado removed the roof from a hog farm building, drove lumber through the side of a metal building and also damaged other outbuildings and trees. One house had broken windows and some damage from tree branches downed on it.
December 2021Tornado (EF0)Schley$250,000This was the fourth tornado of the night across Howard County. This EF0 tornado formed northeast of Schley and moved northeast before dissipating west of Cresco. This tornado caused damage to one farm where a house was effectively destroyed by large trees blown down on it. At another farm, the home sustained roof damage from a large tree downed on it along with broken windows and two metal outbuildings were destroyed with a third damaged.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindSchley$50,000no account filed
December 2021Thunderstorm WindSchley$30,000An outbuilding and structures on a hog farm southwest of Cresco were damaged.
July 2003LightningSchley$7,500no account filed
June 2019HailSchley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Howard County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Lourdes5.1 miles7
Vernon Springs5.4 miles7
Davis Corners6.2 miles7
Cresco7.7 miles7
Bonair8.3 miles7
Maple Leaf8.6 miles7
Protivin9.1 miles7
Lime Springs10.6 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 461465. 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.