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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1932 USGS Lomax quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Lomax quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Dallas City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2013Regional 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 burning | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 January 2018 | Debris and open burning | 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
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fort Madison Agrico | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | ||
| Fort Madison Phosphoric Acid Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Augusta Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Beach Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lange Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Prospect Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flood | Wever | $4,500,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Wever | $5,000 | Dime to nickel sized hail covering the ground with a few measured stones of 1.25 inch (half dollar) size with a photo taken. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wever | - | A public report of a 58 MPH wind gust measured on a Davis Weather Station. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Wever | - | 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 2019 | Flood | Wever | - | 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 2018 | Flood | Wever | - | 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 2017 | Hail | Wever | - | The report was received via social media. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wever | - | A trained spotter estimated winds gusts of 55 to 65 MPH. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Wever | - | 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 2023 | Hail | Wever | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Wever | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Wever | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Wever | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Wever | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Wever | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Wever | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Wever | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Augusta | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Denmark | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Summit (historical) | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sawyer | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Fort Madison | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Bullard (historical) | 11.4 miles | 15 | |
| West Point | 11.6 miles | 15 | |
| Viele | 12.7 miles | 15 |
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 Wever | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7990214 | The 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.







