BlockWeller, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Cedar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50150. The Survey maps it on the Weller quadrangle.
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.
- 1924 USGS Melcher quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
- 1982 USGS Weller quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Weller between 2006 and 2014, burning about 500 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Weller: 2 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chariton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Occurrence | Zinc | Past Producer | Sphalerite | |
| Star Coal Co. Coal Prep. Plant | Bituminous, Sulfur-Pyrite | Plant |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weller in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 2 hail, 2 flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF3) | Weller | $150,000 | This powerful tornado entered from Lucas County. The tornado reached its peak intensity of EF-3 in NW Monroe County, where a house was completely swept off its foundation. Extensive tree damage was also noted in this area. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Weller | $100,000 | Emergency manager reported that several secondary roads in Monroe and Davis Counties have water over them and will be barricaded and closed. Debris in streams also a concern for damaging culverts. |
| September 2014 | Flood | Weller | $100,000 | Numerous roads remain underwater across the county. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Weller | $100,000 | Water over the road from a creek out of its banks on 120th St west of Lovilia. Water was 3 feet deep and moving swiftly across the road. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Weller | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Weller | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Flood | Weller | - | 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 465614. 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.