Shipley, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50201. The Survey maps it on the Huxley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1911 USGS Slater quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Slater quadrangle1:62500, 2 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
- 1975 USGS Huxley quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Shipley between 2006 and 2020, burning about 165 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2017 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shipley in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 5 heavy rain, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Shipley | $50,000 | Water was reported over gravel roads from drainage from farm fields. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Shipley | $10,000 | Public reported estimated golf ball sized hail along I-35 south of Ames. Report came via text message picture. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Shipley | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Shipley | - | Social media report between Cambridge and Nevada. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Shipley | - | Public reported heavy rainfall of 6.50 inches. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Shipley | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.73 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2015 | Heavy Rain | Shipley | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall storm total of 2.07 inches. End time based on radar. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Shipley | - | Rainfall of 2.43 inches. |
| April 2014 | Heavy Rain | Shipley | - | Storm total rainfall for the two days was 2.41 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Robison-Whitaker Acres | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Cambridge | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Midvale | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Bloomington | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Iowa Center | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Ames | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Huxley | 7.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 461582. 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.







