BlockYorkshire, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51563. The Survey maps it on the Persia quadrangle. It stands 1,175 feet above sea level.
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 Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Persia quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Yorkshire between 2008 and 2016, burning about 333 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | MINDEN FIRE DEPT. |
| 31 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 90 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yorkshire in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Yorkshire | - | Delayed public report received via social media of hail estimated up to quarter sized. Time estimated with radar. |
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Yorkshire | - | This is a continuation of the Minden, Iowa EF-3 tornado. This tornado briefly crossed into the far southeast corner of Harrison County. The tornado entered the county on York Road between the county line and Yates Avenue. It was less than a mile before the tornado crossed into Shelby County between York Road and 335th Street. Along York Road, EF-1 damage was noted with several tree trunks snapped and farm outbuildings with exterior walls collapsed. The peak winds in this segment of the tornado track were estimated at 97 miles per hour, with a peak width measured at 1000 yards and an average width also at 1000 yards. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | - | Emergency manager reported significant damage near Persia, IA. A storm survey was conducted and noted 3 grain bins were destroyed and blown off of their foundations. Two buildings were completed destroyed. Peak wind gust was estimated at 100 mph. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | - | A large tree was uprooted by damaging thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Burg (historical) | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Magill | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Persia | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Crisp | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Beebeetown | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Hard Scratch | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Orton | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Logan | 13.9 miles | 8 |
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 Yorkshire | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q107451862 | 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 463247. 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.