BlockSiam, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Polk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50833. The Survey maps it on the New Market 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.
- 1940 USGS New Market quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS New Market quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS New Market quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mount Ayr quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Siam in 2014, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 March 2014 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Siam: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Barlow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Maxwell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Siam in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2018: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Siam | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Siam | $10,000 | Golfball hail in Siam. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Siam | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Siam | $5,000 | Water was over the road on Colt Ave. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Siam | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Siam | $3,000 | Nickel size hail was reported by the Taylor County Law Enforcement. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Siam | - | Trained spotter reported wind gusts to 70 mph. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Siam | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Siam | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Market | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Bedford | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Ladoga | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Gravity | 11.9 miles | 8 | |
| Henshaw | 14.8 miles | 8 | |
| Guss | 14.8 miles | 8 | |
| Conway | 16.4 miles | 12 | |
| Platteville | 17.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 461595. 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.