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Springdale, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Springdale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52358. The Survey maps it on the West Branch quadrangle. It stands 781 feet above sea level.

Springdale within Cedar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

38 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Springdale between 2006 and 2020, burning about 212 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/undetermined20
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 June 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cedar County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Springdale: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bealer QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
Rochester PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kreb QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Peden QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cedar County

Storms near this place

5 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springdale in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008Thunderstorm WindSpringdale$500Winds measured to be 90 mph displaced a swing set about 40 feet and blew down several six inch diameter tree limbs just southeast of Springdale, IA near mile marker 259 on Interstate 80.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindSpringdale-Semi truck was blown over while driving on Interstate 80. Time was estimated by radar.
February 2017HailSpringdale-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindSpringdale-A spotter estimated winds of 70 mph.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindSpringdale-65 mph wind gust measured by trained storm spotter.

Every storm recorded in Cedar 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
Centerdale3.2 miles12
Cedar Valley3.9 miles12
West Branch4.6 miles12
Rochester5.3 miles12
Plato5.3 miles12
Downey6.0 miles11
Buchanan6.5 miles12
Cedar Bluff8.4 miles12

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 SpringdaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7580831The 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 461914. 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.