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Stringtown, Iowa

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50851. The Survey maps it on the Lenox quadrangle.

Stringtown within Adams County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Stringtown between 2006 and 2020, burning about 32 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/undetermined4
Smoking2
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
25 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 March 2014Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 March 2017Smoking15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2017Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 March 2020Smoking1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Storms near this place

19 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stringtown in 19 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 5 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014Flash FloodStringtown$100,000Water was reported over many county roadways.
July 2008Flash FloodStringtown$100,000The Adams County law enforcement reported that highway 34 was closed at Sycamore Ave near Stringtown due to water over the road, County Road H45 was closed southeast of Corning and anther road was closed near Mount Etna. Widespread street flooding was reported as well in Prescott and Corning.
April 2012Tornado (EF1)Stringtown$50,000Tornado developed about one half mile west of the Adams/Union county line in Adams county. The tornado did EF1 damage to a farmstead shortly after developing. Shortly thereafter, the tornado continued into Union county.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindStringtown$25,000Trained spotter reported a semi blown over by high winds on Highway 34.
June 2008Flash FloodStringtown$25,000Water was running over Highway 34.
June 2008Tornado (EF1)Stringtown$25,000A storm chaser reports tornado entering southwest Corning with debris cloud.
June 2010Flash FloodStringtown$20,000Water on road approximately 3 miles of west of Highway 25 on Highway 34.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindStringtown$10,000Large tree blown down and over the road near intersection of highway 49 and 34.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindStringtown$5,000A semi-tractortrailer was blown off of the highway by strong winds.
September 2014HailStringtown$5,000no account filed
May 2012HailStringtown$3,000no account filed
April 2024Tornado (EF0)Stringtown-This tornado started in rural Adams County northwest of Kent and remained in rural areas until crossing into Union County. Damage was limited to trees before exiting the county.
June 2019HailStringtown-Public reported quarter sized hail.
June 2019Flash FloodStringtown-Law enforcement reported Highway 34 closed due to flooding over the road between County Road N64 and Iowa 25, 4 miles west of the Cromwell area.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindStringtown-Public relayed a video display severe winds, estimated around 65 mph.
August 2016Heavy RainStringtown-Public reported storm total heavy rainfall of 2.30 inches.
August 2013Heavy RainStringtown-Rainfall of 2.10 inches overnight.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Stringtown-Trained spotter observed a tornado just west of Kent heading slowly northward.
May 2010Heavy RainStringtown-Relay of a public report of 3.5 inches of rain in a 30 minute period southwest of Cromwell.

Every storm recorded in Adams 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
Prescott4.2 miles9
Mercer5.4 miles8
Icarid (historical)7.0 miles8
Queen City (historical)8.3 miles9
Corning9.7 miles8
Carl11.2 miles9
Williamson11.4 miles9
Nevinville12.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464765. 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.