Stuart, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1993. It lies in ZIP code area 50250. The Survey maps it on the Stuart North quadrangle.
On record in Stuart
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
All Saints Catholic Churchlisted 2000
Masonic Temple Buildinglisted 1996
Sexton Hotellisted 2013
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1952 USGS Panora quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Stuart North quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Stuart between 2006 and 2020, burning about 428 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 | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 3513 330TH TRAIL, IA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
32 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stuart in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 16 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stuart | $50,000 | Emergency manager reported numerous instances across Guthrie County to the Adair County line of wind damage. This included 40x60 machine shed roof taken off 4 miles SW of Panora, power lines down in Jamaica from blown over tree, power lines down in Stuart due to tree damage. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Stuart | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stuart | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stuart | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Stuart | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stuart | $10,000 | Ten inch diameter trees down in town. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stuart | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Stuart | $10,000 | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Stuart | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Stuart | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stuart | $5,000 | Several 6 to 8 inch tree limbs blown down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stuart | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down by high winds. |
| June 2011 | Lightning | Stuart | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stuart | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stuart | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Stuart | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Stuart | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Stuart | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Stuart | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stuart | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Stuart | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Hail | Stuart | - | Report of quarter sized hail with no accompanying strong winds. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stuart | - | Large tree down. Time estimated via radar. |
| May 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Stuart | - | Trained spotter reported a funnel cloud near Stuart. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Stuart | - | Public reported quarter size hail. Time was estimated from radar. |
| September 2018 | Hail | Stuart | - | Trained spotter reported nickel sized hail. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Stuart | - | Emergency manager reported penny sized hail. |
| June 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Stuart | - | Fire department in Stuart reported a funnel cloud just north of Stuart. |
| July 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Stuart | - | Tornado touched down in rural countryside east of Stuart. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Stuart | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Stuart | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stuart | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamondhead Lake | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Menlo | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Dale | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Morrisburgh (historical) | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Glendon | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Monteith | 10.6 miles | 11 | |
| Casey | 10.6 miles | 9 | |
| Panora | 13.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 462041. 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.






