Thirty, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Vermillion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52544. The Survey maps it on the Centerville East quadrangle.
On record in Thirty
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Drake Public Librarylisted 1997 · 0.6 miles away
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.
- 1939 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Centerville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Thirty between 2006 and 2019, burning about 336 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 82 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Thirty: 11 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville Gypsum Co. Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Drill Hole | Zinc | Past Producer | Sphalerite | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Centerville Clay Products Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Centerville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Farnsworth-Mott Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kincade Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mott Quarries Shop | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thirty in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 4 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 | Thirty | $250,000 | Homes in the area were threatened by flash flooding. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Thirty | $5,000 | Public reported half dollar sized hail. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Thirty | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported larger than baseball sized hail. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Thirty | - | Report via mping. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Thirty | - | Delayed report, time estimated by radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Streepy | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Centerville | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Sedan | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Exline | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Sunshine | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Martinstown | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Forbush | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Cincinnati | 5.4 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122539557 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 462211. 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.






