BlockWestview, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50574. The Survey maps it on the Pocahontas quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Pocahontas quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Humboldt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Westview between 2008 and 2009, burning about 62 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Westview: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.
Storms near this place
10 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westview in 10 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 4 hail, 3 tornado, 2 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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 | Tornado (EF1) | Westview | $1,000,000 | Tornado touched down 1 mile south of Pocahontas near Highway 4. It traveled 2.6 miles on the ground and lilfted northeast of the golf course and prior to the airport. Peak wind was estimated to be 100 MPH. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Westview | $10,000 | This relatively brief tornado travelled mostly through open country with limited damage. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Westview | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Westview | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Westview | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Westview | - | A brief tornado was sighted by law enforcement passing across open farmland. No damage indicators were impacted, hence the EFU rating. |
| May 2023 | Heavy Rain | Westview | - | Storm total of 3.30 inches thus far, rain still falling. |
| August 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Westview | - | Law enforcement reported a funnel cloud 5 miles northwest of Palmer. |
| July 2016 | Heavy Rain | Westview | - | Mesonet recorded heavy rainfall of 3.06 inches. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Westview | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocahontas | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Palmer | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Rusk | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Lizard (historical) | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Blanden (historical) | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Ware | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Rubens Siding | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ridotto | 9.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1823235. 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.