BlockTilton, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Deep River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52222. The Survey maps it on the Deep River quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Deep River quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Grinnell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tilton in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2018: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Tilton | $100,000 | Emergency manager reported several county roads under water, with one state highway closed due to flooding. Several basements were also reported flooding. This is a delayed report. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Tilton | $10,000 | Twitter report relayed by KWWL of approximately 2 inch hail. Delayed report and time estimated via 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dresden | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Deep River | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Guernsey | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Montezuma | 10.7 miles | 8 | |
| Brownsville (historical) | 10.8 miles | 8 | |
| Carnforth | 14.7 miles | 8 | |
| Brooklyn | 16.2 miles | 8 | |
| Ewart | 16.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 462243. 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.
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.