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Wilmar, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in West Point Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50636. The Survey maps it on the Allison quadrangle.

Wilmar within Butler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Wilmar in 2011, burning about 7 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/undetermined2

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 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources22553 180TH ST., IA
1 November 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources51260 HWY 14, IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Wilmar: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Lubben QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Steer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Beucholtz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Schnee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Butler County

Storms near this place

12 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilmar in 12 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 7 hail, 4 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
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWilmar$150,000Small car and tractor blown off highway. Many large trees down on houses. Numerous trees up to 4 feet in diameter and power lines down in the city of Greene with the entire city without power.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWilmar$10,000Emergency Manager reported trees across road at 130th and Hickory Tree Road.
June 2014HailWilmar$10,000no account filed
June 2014HailWilmar$5,000no account filed
June 2014HailWilmar$5,000no account filed
April 2009HailWilmar$1,000Nearly all precipitation was in the form of hail with little rainfall.
June 2014HailWilmar$1,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWilmar-Personal Weather Station gust to 59 mph.
July 2018Funnel CloudWilmar-County Sheriff's Office reported a funnel cloud accompanying a rain shower northwest of Allison.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWilmar-Wind gust estimate of 65 MPH.
August 2012HailWilmar-Mostly small hail, but a few stones were up to the size of quarters.
June 2014HailWilmar-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Butler 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
Pilot Rock3.2 miles9
Allison4.9 miles9
Bristow5.1 miles10
Greene5.5 miles9
Packard5.6 miles9
Butler Center8.7 miles9
Clarksville8.9 miles9
Dumont9.0 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464807. 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.