BlockWick, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50240. It stands on Clanton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Martensdale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1931 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:62500, 4 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
- 1983 USGS Martensdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Wick in 2015, burning about 33 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wick in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wick | $150,000 | Swath of winds downstream of a dissipating tornado. Worst damage was at the beginning, where an outbuilding was very heavily damaged and debris thrown east across a road. The damage intensity lessened and the path broadened within a few miles SE of the start point. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wick | $125,000 | Large grain bin destroyed along with two hoop buildings. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wick | $50,000 | Broadcast media reported a truck overturned on Interstate 35 near mile marker 55. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wick | $25,000 | Semi-truck blown over on I-35. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Wick | - | Social media report of golf ball sized hail. Time 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conger | 1.1 miles | 9 | |
| Martensdale | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| West Saint Marys | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Saint Marys | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Churchville | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Prole | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Hill | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Greenbush | 7.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 463023. 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.
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.