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Stevens, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hebron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50424. The Survey maps it on the Lakota quadrangle.

Stevens within Kossuth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Stevens between 2008 and 2020, burning about 27 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/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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
4 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources60TH AND 360TH ST. BUFFALO CENTER, IA
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesSOUTH OF 1409 470TH ST., IA
28 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources547740 190TH AVE, IOWA
7 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resources44836 30TH AVE BUFFALO CENTER, IA
30 October 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kossuth County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Stevens: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Kossuth County

Storms near this place

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stevens in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 3 funnel cloud, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2010HailStevens$5,000Walnut size hail was reported.
May 2017HailStevens-Buffalo Center fire department reported quarter size hail. Time estimated from radar.
August 2016Funnel CloudStevens-Law enforcement relayed reports of multiple funnel clouds NE of Lakota.
June 2010Funnel CloudStevens-Dime to nickel size hail was also reported at this time.
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Stevens-Tornado was spotted briefly.
April 2025HailStevens-no account filed
June 2010Funnel CloudStevens-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kossuth 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
Lakota6.1 miles7
Moores Siding (historical)6.8 miles7
Ledyard8.4 miles7
Gerled10.3 miles7
German Valley11.2 miles7
Titonka13.6 miles7
Bancroft14.8 miles7
Swea City16.8 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464762. 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.