BlockSharon, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Sharon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50025. The Survey maps it on the Audubon quadrangle.
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.
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Audubon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Audubon quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Sharon between 2010 and 2012, burning about 140 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 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 206 E HWY 44, KIMBALLTON, IOWA |
| 29 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1464 210TH ST., AUDUBON, IOWA |
| 10 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sharon: 1 past producer. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christenson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sharon in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2013: 4 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon | $250,000 | Winds lasted 30 minutes in the Audubon area. Tree limbs 4 to 5 inches in diameter were down, corn flattened, town totally without electricity. A farmstead lost 2 buildings southwest of town. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Sharon | $5,000 | Trained spotter reported nickel to quarter size hail fell from 2001 to 2008 CST. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Sharon | $3,000 | Trained spotter reported hail fell from 1949 to 1954 CST. Mostly pea size hail, but then up to quarter size at the end. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Sharon | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Heavy Rain | Sharon | - | Rainfall of 4.5 inches recorded. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Sharon | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 461529. 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.