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Spaulding, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It lies in ZIP code area 50801. The Survey maps it on the Zion quadrangle.

Spaulding within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Spaulding between 2006 and 2020, burning about 50 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 March 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 March 2012Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 March 2012Debris and open burning20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 March 2020Debris and open burning4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 March 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

18 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spaulding in 18 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 heavy rain, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2014FloodSpaulding$200,000Numerous rural roads had water over them with some damage to bridge approaches from the water.
August 2007Flash FloodSpaulding$100,000Water was reported over several county roads. The water had receded but most creeks remain out of their banks.
August 2007Flash FloodSpaulding$25,000South Cherry Street was closed due to flash flooding.
May 2010Flash FloodSpaulding$15,000Water was reported over 110th St near Three Mile Creek. Travel was not recommended along 120th and 120th St. in northwest Union County.
May 2010Flash FloodSpaulding$10,000The Union County Sheriff reported water over Highway 25 from 110th Street N northward to the Adair County line.
October 2001HailSpaulding$5,000no account filed
October 2001HailSpaulding$5,000no account filed
June 2025Heavy RainSpaulding-Event total rainfall of 5.11 inches so far. Measured by a personal weather station.
May 2024Tornado (EFU)Spaulding-This tornado formed in far northern Union County and quickly moved into Madison County. No damage indicators were impacted by this tornado in Union County, hence the EFU rating for this portion of the tornado.
March 2022HailSpaulding-Delayed Report. Golf ball to baseball hail reported. Report of numerous migratory birds killed by hail. Time estimated by radar.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindSpaulding-Public reported a 62 mph wind gust on the home weather station.
May 2016HailSpaulding-Trained spotter reported dime to nickel sized hail. Time is estimated.
August 2015Funnel CloudSpaulding-Public reported a funnel cloud not yet on the ground about 8 miles NW of Creston.
August 2011Funnel CloudSpaulding-Possible landspout reaching near the ground, but tornado not confirmed.
May 2010Heavy RainSpaulding-Rainfall since 1500 CST was 4.2 inches.
May 2023HailSpaulding-no account filed
June 2010FloodSpaulding-no account filed
June 2008Heavy RainSpaulding-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Union County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Creston7.2 miles9
East Creston7.4 miles9
Cromwell9.8 miles9
Afton13.0 miles11
Kent15.2 miles8
Afton Junction (historical)16.5 miles11
Shepard (historical)16.5 miles8
Talmage16.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464294. 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.