Talmage, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Jones Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50254. It stands on Threemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lorimor South quadrangle.
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.
- 1951 USGS Afton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Lorimor South quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Talmage between 2007 and 2020, burning about 289 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Talmage: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afton-Lacena Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Spring Valley Lake | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Thayer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thayer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Talmage in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Talmage | $50,000 | Highway P64 was completely covered in water south of Thayer. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Talmage | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talmage | - | Public reported measured wind gusts to 63 mph, including damaged and downed tree branches. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Talmage | - | Trained spotter report of two inch hail. |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Talmage | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afton Junction (historical) | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Thayer | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Shepard (historical) | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Monette | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Afton | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lorimor | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Arispe | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Shannon City | 11.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464771. 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.






