BlockTracy, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50256. It stands on Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harvey quadrangle. It stands 784 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1910 USGS Pella quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1912 USGS Pella quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Harvey quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Tracy in 2017, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 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 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Tracy: 11 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drill Hole | Zinc | Past Producer | Sphalerite | |
| Durham Pelletizing Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Oskaloosa Clay Products Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Durham Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Durham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Groenendyk Mcconville Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Server Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tracy in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tracy | $50,000 | Emergency manager reported that a large tree fell on a residence, causing significant damage to the roof and interior rooms. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Tracy | $15,000 | The last of three tornadoes produced by a fast moving QLCS. Tornado began west of Tracy in rural areas producing only crop and tree damage. As the tornado moved through town, it produced mainly tree and minor structural damage to buildings in the town. The tornado dissipated on the east side of Tracy. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Tracy | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Tracy | $10,000 | Water reported over 2 lanes of Highway T25 one quarter mile south of Highway 92. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tracy | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tracy | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Flood | Tracy | - | Flooding continued across the area through the afternoon and evening with lingering road closures. |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Tracy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7831667 | 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 463551. 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.