BlockSteuben, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Cleveland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52537. The Survey maps it on the Bloomfield South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Bloomfield South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Steuben between 2006 and 2020, burning about 771 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 burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2017 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 51 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 67 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steuben in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2015 | Flash Flood | Steuben | $25,000 | Law enforcement reported water over road a few feet deep near the intersection of Jefferson St and West St in Bloomfield. The water was deep enough to have to tow a couple of vehicles out of the water. There were also a few county roads underwater in southern Davis county. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Steuben | $25,000 | Water from the Fox River covered parts of County road J40. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Steuben | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.04 inches over the last 24 hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Shunem | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Pulaski | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Stiles | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Belknap | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant View (historical) | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Drakesville | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Dunnville (historical) | 7.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464761. 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.