Walnut City, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52574. The Survey maps it on the Mystic quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1939 USGS Mystic quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Mystic quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Mystic quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Walnut City between 2015 and 2018, burning about 148 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 | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 January 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Walnut City: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Zinc. 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 | |
| Carter-Waters Corp. Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Centerville Quarry | Clay | Producer | ||
| Centerville No. 2 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Clarkdale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| L and W No. 5 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tait Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walnut City in 1 storm report in 2015: 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walnut City | $25,000 | State official reported a camper turned over at Rathbun Lake - Island View Park. Time was estimated via radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mystic | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Clarkdale | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Rathbun | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Diamond (historical) | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Brazil | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Darbyville | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Garfield | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Forbush | 4.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464790. 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.






