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Seney, Iowa

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Elgin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51031. The Survey maps it on the Le Mars quadrangle.

Seney within Plymouth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Seney between 2008 and 2018, burning about 41 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
6 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 April 2018Debris and open burning40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plymouth County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Seney: 21 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
UnknownLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Bedel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
E C Lynch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hogan Const CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J J KarlySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
J P BoeverSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
L and M Sand and Gravel Site No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
LaughtonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Leeds PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Maudlin Const CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Plymouth County

Storms near this place

11 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seney in 11 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 4 flood, 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2013FloodSeney$10,000Heavy rain caused major flooding on the Floyd River. Significant farmland was flooded and some crops were destroyed or deemed to need replanting. Other lowlands along the river were flooded, and several roads were flooded. The basements or lower levels of several homes and business were flooded. The river crested at 5.2 feet above flood stage near Merrill on May 28th.
March 2010FloodSeney-Rapid melting of a heavy winter snowpack caused minor flooding of the Floyd River. Farmland and other lowlands along the river were affected. The river crested at 0.9 foot above flood stage at Le Mars on March 15th.
August 2010FloodSeney-Heavy rain caused moderate to major flooding of farmland, other lowlands, and some roads along the Floyd and West Branch Floyd Rivers, flooding farmland, other lowlands, and some roads. The river both rose and fell rapidly between August 10th and August 13th.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindSeney-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage.
July 2010FloodSeney-Heavy rain in late July caused moderate flooding of farmland, other lowlands, and a few roads along the Floyd and West Branch Floyd rivers. The farmland flooding was especially widespread a little east of Struble.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindSeney-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down. The winds were accompanied by small hail.
April 2025HailSeney-no account filed
September 2025HailSeney-no account filed
March 2017HailSeney-no account filed
June 2011HailSeney-no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindSeney-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Plymouth 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
Le Mars4.4 miles10
Oyens4.5 miles10
Struble4.5 miles10
Parkview Terrace5.0 miles10
West Le Mars6.5 miles10
Brunsville7.9 miles9
Mammen8.6 miles9
Remsen8.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464737. 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.