BlockToolesboro, Iowa
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52653. It lies near Camp Slough Island. The Survey maps it on the Toolesboro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1946 USGS Wapello quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Wapello quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Toolesboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Muscatine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Toolesboro quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Toolesboro between 1996 and 2016, burning about 801 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 June 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | HALL'S LK CAMPFIRE 2 |
| 8 June 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | HALL'S LK CAMPFIRE1 |
| 2 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | BEAN FIRE |
| 11 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 103 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | STRAWHACKER |
| 30 March 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | HORSHOE BEND DIV |
| 20 March 1996 | Debris and open burning | 333 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | HORSESHOE |
| 18 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | STRAWHACKER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Toolesboro: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Elrick Junction Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toolesboro in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 6 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Lightning | Toolesboro | $10,000 | A fire department reported that a lightning strike caught a machine shed on fire about 4 miles east southeast of Wapello. The time of the event was estimated using lightning and radar data. |
| July 2024 | Flood | Toolesboro | - | The Mississippi River at New Boston rose above its major flood stage of 18.5 feet around 5 PM on July 2 and crested at 20.82 feet on July 11th. The river fell back below flood stage 3 Pm on July 20th. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Toolesboro | - | The Mississippi River at New Boston rose above its major flood stage of 18.5 feet during the early morning hours of April 26th, The river continued to rise to 20.6 feet late in the day on April 30th.|The Mississippi River at Keithsburg rose above its major flood stage of 17.0 feet during the early morning hours of April 26th and continued to rise to 18.88 feet by the end of the month. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Toolesboro | - | Heavy rain and snow melt across the region caused the Mississippi River at New Boston and Keithsburg to rise above their major flood stages of 18.5 feet and 17 feet, respectively, on March 16th, and remain above those stages through the end of the month. An initial crest of 20.8 feet occurred at New Boston the 24th into the 25th. An initial crest of 19.09 feet occurred at Keithsburg late in the day on the 24th. |
| October 2019 | Flood | Toolesboro | - | The Mississippi River at the KHBI2 gage rose above major flood stage of 17.0 feet on the 13th, and crested at 17.12 feet at 1 AM CST on the 15th. It fell back below 17.0 feet on the 17th. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Toolesboro | - | The Mississippi River at New Boston Lock and Dam 17 hovered near major flood stage from around May 21st to the 24th, then rose above its major flood stage of 18.5 feet during the morning of May 25th and continued into June. The river crested in June, with the stage rising to 24.1 feet at the end of May 31st. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Toolesboro | - | River levels continued to run high during the month of April. Heavy rain across the area caused the Mississippi River at New Boston, Illinois to rise above its major flood stage of 18.5 feet early in the evening of the 25th, and it remained above its major flood stage into the month of May. A second crest did not occur before the end of the month as the river was rising during this period. |
| May 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Toolesboro | - | Reached 2/3rds of the way down with no debris cloud observed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakville | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Elrick Junction | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Wapello | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Newport | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Port Louisa | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Morning Sun | 10.8 miles | 7 | |
| Grandview | 11.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bard (historical) | 13.7 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 462278. 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.