BlockSharon Center, Iowa
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sharon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52240. The Survey maps it on the Frytown quadrangle. It stands 755 feet above sea level.
On record in Sharon Center
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 2 records
Miller Round Barnlisted 1986
Roberts Octagon Barnlisted 1986
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Iowa City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Fairfax quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Iowa City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Williamstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Iowa City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Sharon Center in 2015, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sharon Center in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Center | $50,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph damaged a grain elevator, partially ripped off a garage roof, snapped some large tree limbs, and flattened some corn about 4 miles northeast of Frytown, IA which is also known as Williamstown, IA around 700 am CDT July 24. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Center | $50,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph caused widespread wind damage from Sharon Center, IA to Lone Tree, IA between 500 am and 515 am July 21. Numerous trees and utility poles were blown down. Also a sign and awning were damaged at a gas station near Hills, IA. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Sharon Center | $20,000 | Rated F1 |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Center | - | A public report of thunderstorm wind damage. |
| July 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Sharon Center | - | The public reported a brief tornado moving northeast. After touching down, the tornado then lifted and dissipated. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Center | - | Some metal was blown off an outbuilding. Time was estimated by radar. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Center | - | Corn flattened. Time is estimated based on radar. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Sharon Center | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frytown | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Windham | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cosgrove | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Hills | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Amish | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| University Heights | 8.1 miles | 19 | |
| Coralville | 8.5 miles | 19 | |
| Vernon | 8.6 miles | 19 |
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 Sharon Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7490015 | The 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 461533. 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.