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Scotch Grove, Iowa

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Scotch Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52310. The Survey maps it on the Scotch Grove quadrangle. It stands 876 feet above sea level.

Scotch Grove within Jones County

On record in Scotch Grove

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Scotch Grove between 2009 and 2012, burning about 19 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/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
21 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 January 2012Debris and open burning15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jones 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 Scotch Grove: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gray QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jacobs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jones County

Storms near this place

12 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scotch Grove in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1995Thunderstorm WindScotch Grove$600,000no account filed
September 2013Thunderstorm WindScotch Grove$1,000The Jones County Emergency Manager reported that part of a tree snapped off in Scotch Grove. The report was delayed and time of the event was estimated from radar.
May 2011HailScotch Grove$100Hail at least golf ball sized fell about 5 miles east southeast of Monticello, IA at 428 pm CDT May 24. The hail was over 2 inches deep. The visor on the spotter's truck was broken by the hail.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindScotch Grove-A personal weather station measured a 56 knot gust.
July 2025Tornado (EF1)Scotch Grove-This tornado tracked through wooded areas of northeast Jones County. Significant tree damage occurred, including along the Maquoketa River in the Ebys Mill Wildlife area.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindScotch Grove-The Emergency Manager report that a farm hoop building was destroyed. The time of the event was estimated using radar.
April 2023HailScotch Grove-Hail fell for 10 minutes. Most of the stones were nickel size with a couple around 1 inch.
May 2022Flash FloodScotch Grove-Time of the event is estimated based on radar. Emergency Manager reported several gravel roads washed out in the Scotch Grove and Central Park areas. Shoulders on roads were also washed out with roads being closed. Additionally, water from Mineral Creek was over the roads. A personal weather station in Scotch Grove reported 2.0 inches of rain.
August 2022Tornado (EFU)Scotch Grove-The Jones County Emergency Manager reported that sheriff's deputies followed a mini supercell that had produced funnel clouds. A funnel cloud eventually touched down and the officers reported some damage to crops at this location. The tornado is rated as an EF-U.
July 2008HailScotch Grove-Golf ball-sized hail fell 6 miles southeast of Monticello, IA at 110 pm July 10. Wind gusts between 60 and 70 mph were also observed. This report was relayed by Jones County Emergency Management.
June 2002Flash FloodScotch Grove-Prairie Creek out of it's banks between Scotch Grove and Monticello.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindScotch Grove-Severe wind tore the top off a camper on Highway 38 between Monticello and Wyoming. Reported by law enforcement.

Every storm recorded in Jones 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
Edinburg3.1 miles15
Ebys Mill3.2 miles15
Springhole3.2 miles15
Dales Ford3.6 miles15
Center Junction4.1 miles15
Johnson (historical)4.3 miles15
Amber4.9 miles15
Monticello6.2 miles15

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 Scotch GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7435512The 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 461484. 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.