BlockZion, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50858. The Survey maps it on the Zion quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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
- 1981 USGS Zion quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Zion between 2007 and 2020, burning about 25 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/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 January 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Zion: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zion in 7 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 5 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | Hail | Zion | $2,000 | Trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail. |
| March 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Zion | - | Trained spotter report of a funnel cloud 6 miles west southwest of Macksburg, IA. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Zion | - | Spotter report of ongoing tennis ball hail east northeast of Orient. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Zion | - | Trained spotter reports lots of golf ball sized hail. |
| October 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Zion | - | Tornado was determined by a tornadic debris signature on radar and subsequently found via high resolution satellite imagery. Any damage was to crops as the tornado remained across rural agricultural land east of Orient. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Zion | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Zion | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebron | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Orient | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Nanito | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Stanzel | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Greenfield | 11.2 miles | 10 | |
| Arbor Hill | 11.5 miles | 10 | |
| Fisk | 12.1 miles | 9 | |
| Lemont (historical) | 12.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464814. 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.