Triboji Beach, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lakeville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51360. The Survey maps it on the Okoboji quadrangle.
On record in Triboji Beach
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.
- Pikes Point State Park Shelter and Stepslisted 1990 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Okoboji quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Iowa Great Lakes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Triboji Beach between 2006 and 2020, burning about 435 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Wetland Management District | KETTELSON |
| 31 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 25271 182ND ST., CENTER GROVE TWP, SPIRIT LAKE, IA |
| 30 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Iowa Wetland Management District | MOLLENDORP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Triboji Beach: 17 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gunderson | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mayou Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Neppel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Roth Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Triboji Beach in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 3 flood, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Triboji Beach | $75,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree, power pole, and power line damage, with resulting power outages. Some roads were blocked by fallen trees, and a few vehicles sustained minor damage from tree debris. |
| July 2024 | Flood | Triboji Beach | - | Flooding continued from June on West Okoboji Lake near Milford, with declining lake levels. The lake fell below flood stage on the evening of July 14th. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Triboji Beach | - | West Okoboji Lake near Milford rose above flood stage the afternoon of June 21st, cresting around 2.61 feet above flood stage (8.11 feet) on June 25th. The lake remained above flood into July. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for Dickinson County. |
| July 2018 | Flood | Triboji Beach | - | A no-wake rule was implemented on Lake Okoboji as well as all other lakes in Dickinson County as levels approached minor flood stage on July 4. Lake levels crested at 0.1 foot above flood stage on West Lake Okoboji (gage site OBJI4) on July 5. The no-wake rule was relaxed on July 11. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Triboji Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Triboji Beach | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaches Resort | 0.1 miles | 8 | |
| Egralharve | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Montgomery | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Manhattan Beach Resort | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Okoboji | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Village East Resort | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Spirit Lake | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Wahpeton | 4.2 miles | 8 |
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 Q122543608 | 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 462301. 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.



