BlockViola Center, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Viola Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50025. The Survey maps it on the Viola Center quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Viola Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Viola Center in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 8 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola Center | $35,000 | A machine shed on a farm was destroyed. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola Center | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Viola Center | $10,000 | Public reported quarter sized hail along with some trees snapped off in the area. Delayed report and time estimated from radar. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola Center | $10,000 | Two power poles were downed. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Viola Center | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Viola Center | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Viola Center | - | Trained spotter reported up to quarter sized hail along Pheasant Ave. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Viola Center | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Viola Center | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Viola Center | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Viola Center | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 462582. 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.