Stonega, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Blairsburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50595. The Survey maps it on the Blairsburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Blairsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Stonega between 2006 and 2019, burning about 7 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | WEBSTER CITY |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 January 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Stonega: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniels Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Luppes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| M M Stark | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stonega in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2013: 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Stonega | $50,000 | A trained spotter sent a photo of a tornado and had driven back to the area where it was sighted. Tree damage and minor damage was noted on three farmsteads with the tornado track toward the southeast. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Stonega | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Stonega | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Stonega | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Stonega | - | Hamilton County Law Enforcement received multiple reports of short lived funnel clouds in northern parts of the county. A deputy reported one more persistent funnel cloud a few miles southwest of Blairsburg off of Highway 20. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remicker (historical) | 0.7 miles | 9 | |
| Blairsburg | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Webster City | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Kamrar | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Williams | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Highview | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Jewell | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Homer | 13.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464763. 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.




