BlockScotch Ridge, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Greenfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50047. The Survey maps it on the Scotch Ridge quadrangle.
On record in Scotch Ridge
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
United Presbyterian Church, Summersetlisted 1976
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1931 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Scotch Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Scotch Ridge in 2006, burning about 3 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | 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 Scotch Ridge: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle Brick and Tile Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Occurrence | Zinc | Past Producer | Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
10 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scotch Ridge in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Scotch Ridge | $250,000 | Emergency Manager reported US 65/69 south of Indianola closed due to water flowing over the road. Additional sections of US 65/69 closed elsewhere in the county also due to water flowing over the road. Delayed report and time estimated via radar. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Scotch Ridge | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Scotch Ridge | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotch Ridge | $5,000 | Emergency manager reported a power line down and tree limbs down. This is a delayed report. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotch Ridge | $5,000 | Large trees were damaged along U.S. Highway 65 69. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Scotch Ridge | - | Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Scotch Ridge | - | Emergency Manager relayed road closure of 138th Ave north of Elk Horn St. |
| April 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Scotch Ridge | - | Funnel cloud was reported near R63 and Dubuque Street between Norwalk and Indianola. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Scotch Ridge | - | Mostly dime size with a few penny size stones. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Scotch Ridge | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summerset Junction (historical) | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Summerset | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Carlisle | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Greenbush | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Hill | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Norwalk | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Lakewood | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Greenbush (historical) | 6.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464736. 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.