BlockStiles, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52537. The Survey maps it on the Pulaski quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Pulaski quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Stiles between 1992 and 2017, burning about 482 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 March 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stiles: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drill Hole | Zinc | Past Producer | Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stiles in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2008: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waneta | 4.3 miles | 7 | |
| Wanetta Corner | 4.4 miles | 7 | |
| Lunsford | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Savannah | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Pulaski | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Steuben | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Mark | 8.7 miles | 7 | |
| Bloomfield | 8.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 461996. 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.