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Wever, Iowa

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Green Bay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52658. The Survey maps it on the Dallas City quadrangle. 101 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 561 feet above sea level.

Wever within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

6 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Wever between 2013 and 2020, burning about 152 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 burning6

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2013Debris and open burning35 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 March 2020Debris and open burning60 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 March 2020Debris and open burning40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 March 2020Debris and open burning15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 January 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Wever: 6 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Spring Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fort Madison AgricoPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Fort Madison Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Augusta QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Beach QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lange QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Prospect Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lee County

Storms near this place

17 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wever in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 9 hail, 4 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008FloodWever$4,500,000no account filed
April 2006HailWever$5,000Dime to nickel sized hail covering the ground with a few measured stones of 1.25 inch (half dollar) size with a photo taken.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWever-A public report of a 58 MPH wind gust measured on a Davis Weather Station.
August 2023Flash FloodWever-The Emergency Manager reported that a drainage ditch was out of its banks, causing flooding. The time of the event was when the picture was taken.
February 2019FloodWever-Des Moines County emergency management reported an ice jam near Augusta on the Skunk River. The official river gage at Augusta, Iowa reported the river exceeded major flood stage of 21 feet at 4AM, February 24th, and crested at 21.9 feet at 1130 PM, February 25th, then fell below 21 feet again at 330 PM, February 26th.
October 2018FloodWever-Major flooding on the Mississippi River at the Keokuk, IA, LD19 gage began at 9 PM, October 9th, when it exceeded 19 feet. It crested at 20.8 feet, 1050 PM, October 14th, before falling below 19 feet, which is major flood stage, at 8 PM, October 18th.
August 2017HailWever-The report was received via social media.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindWever-A trained spotter estimated winds gusts of 55 to 65 MPH.
May 2008FloodWever-The Mississippi River at Keokuk was over its major flood stage level from 7:00 pm May 1 to 7:00 pm May 6.
May 2023HailWever-no account filed
May 2023HailWever-no account filed
May 2023HailWever-no account filed
September 2019HailWever-no account filed
June 2010HailWever-no account filed
July 2007HailWever-no account filed
June 1998Funnel CloudWever-no account filed
May 1996HailWever-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lee County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
South Augusta3.8 miles11
Denmark6.0 miles15
Summit (historical)6.3 miles15
Sawyer6.7 miles15
Fort Madison7.1 miles15
Bullard (historical)11.4 miles15
West Point11.6 miles15
Viele12.7 miles15

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 WeverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7990214The 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 462957. 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.