Troy Mills, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Spring Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52218. The Survey maps it on the Troy Mills quadrangle. It stands 869 feet above sea level.
On record in Troy Mills
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 1 record
Odd Fellows Halllisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1903 USGS Winthrop quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Troy Mills quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Troy Mills between 2011 and 2013, burning under an acre in total. 1 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 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | YORK AVE AND 310TH ST., IA |
| 29 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Troy Mills: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Mills Quarry and Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cook Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mulneaux Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Troy Mills in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy Mills | $25,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 75 mph blew down some outbuildings in Troy Mills, IA around 800 am June 19. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy Mills | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy Mills | - | Social media post by local media, of a damaged outbuilding and corn crib. |
| June 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Troy Mills | - | Law enforcement relayed numerous reports of a brief funnel cloud between the city of Troy Mills and Walker. The time and location is approximate. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy Mills | - | Winds estimated to be 65 mph blew down several tree limbs 6-8 inches in diameter. In the area, numerous trees were toppled completely. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy Mills | - | Winds were estimated to be 65 mph near Troy Mills, IA. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy Mills | - | 65 mph wind gust reported. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Troy Mills | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Alice | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Paris | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Coggon | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Rogers | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Center Point | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lafayette | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| Central City | 10.3 miles | 15 |
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 Troy Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7846902 | 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 462343. 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.






