BlockShannon City, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50861. The Survey maps it on the Shannon City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Shannon City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mount Ayr quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Shannon City between 2007 and 2017, burning about 68 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 burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 December 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1/2 MI E OF SHANNON CITY, IOWA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shannon City in 2 storm reports between 1994 and 2014: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shannon City | $50,000 | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Shannon City | - | Three inches of rain in the past 2 hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arispe | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Shepard (historical) | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Afton | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Kent | 10.7 miles | 8 | |
| Afton Junction (historical) | 10.9 miles | 11 | |
| East Creston | 11.5 miles | 9 | |
| Talmage | 11.8 miles | 11 | |
| Creston | 12.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 461528. 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.
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.