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The chance of earthquake damage in East Central Community School District is about the same as Iowa average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in East Central Community School District is lower than Iowa average and is higher than the national average.

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Earthquake Index, #4

East Central Community School District	0.04
Iowa	0.00
U.S.	1.81

The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.

Volcano Index, #1

East Central Community School District	0.0000
Iowa	0.0000
U.S.	0.0023

The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.

Tornado Index, #348

East Central Community School District	170.89
Iowa	236.74
U.S.	136.45

The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.

Other Weather Extremes Events

A total of 4,325 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of East Central Community School District were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:

Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count
Avalanche:	0	Blizzard:	11	Cold:	60	Dense Fog:	29	Drought:	22
Dust Storm:	0	Flood:	398	Hail:	977	Heat:	24	Heavy Snow:	72
High Surf:	0	Hurricane:	0	Ice Storm:	40	Landslide:	1	Strong Wind:	50
Thunderstorm Winds:	2,007	Tropical Storm:	0	Wildfire:	5	Winter Storm:	154	Winter Weather:	131
Other:	344

Volcanos Nearby

No volcano is found in or near East Central Community School District.

Historical Earthquake Events

No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near East Central Community School District.

No historical earthquake events found in or near East Central Community School District.

Historical Tornado Events

A total of 76 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near East Central Community School District.

Distance (miles)	Date	Magnitude	Start Lat/Log	End Lat/Log	Length	Width	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage	Crop Damage	Affected County
9.3	1967-01-24	2	41°57'N / 90°20'W				0	0	250K	0	Clinton
10.5	1974-06-20	3	41°59'N / 90°16'W	41°50'N / 90°12'W	10.60 Miles	200 Yards	1	20	2.5M	0	Clinton
10.7	1959-09-26	2	41°57'N / 90°06'W	41°59'N / 90°02'W	3.30 Miles	40 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Carroll
12.9	1967-01-24	3	42°03'N / 90°02'W	42°08'N / 89°56'W	7.40 Miles	77 Yards	0	12	250K	0	Carroll
14.5	2007-06-01	2	42°12'N / 90°25'W	42°15'N / 90°24'W	3.00 Miles	350 Yards	0	0	3.3M	0K	Jackson
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A tornado touched down about 3.5 miles south of Bellevue, IA. It moved north to county road Z15 and then northeast crossing the Mississippi River just south of Lock and Dam 12 into Jo Daviess County Illinois. Along the path, damage consisted of snapped and uprooted trees, farm out buildings, and roofs. The most significant damage occurred near the junction of county highway Z15 and 407th Avenue. A mobile home was rolled over and destroyed. The residents of the mobile home had taken shelter in the farm house about 100 feet away. The farm house only had damaged gutters. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A line of thunderstorms pivoted northeast into parts of southeast Iowa during the mid-morning hours of June 1st. Much of the area was just breaking out of a blanket of dense fog where visibilities dropped to less than a quarter mile. Dew point temperatures were in the middle 60s to around 70 degrees. The line of storms appeared to become more broken through the late morning hours, while the area from Iowa City to Waterloo appeared to stratify out into a large area of showers. Just before 12:00 pm CDT, rapid intensification of storm cells on the southeast end of the original line occurred as it moved into northern portions of Louisa County. A tornado touched down just south of Grandview, IA and moved northeast through Fruitland, IA and on to the southwest parts of Muscatine, IA. The tornado then lifted and as the storm cell continued to move northeast across Muscatine County. The super-cell re-intensified as it entered the southeast part of Cedar County just before 1 pm producing a brief tornado near Wilton, IA. The storm then moved across northwest parts of Scott County and Clinton County producing damaging wind gusts and large hail. The super-cell continued northeast into Jackson County producing a tornado near Bellevue around 2:30 pm, which moved across the Mississippi River into Jo Daviess County before lifting. The storm produced yet another tornado just south of Scales Mound, IL around 3:15 pm before moving into southwest Wisconsin and dissipating. During the early afternoon hours, additional storms strengthened on the south end of the original line of storms, which went on to produce wind damage and large hail as they moved through northwest Illinois through the late afternoon hours.
15.1	1967-01-24	2	41°52'N / 90°22'W		1.00 Mile	200 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Clinton
19.8	1960-11-15	2	42°16'N / 90°30'W		1.00 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Jackson
20.3	1990-03-13	3	41°46'N / 90°13'W	41°46'N / 90°12'W	3.00 Miles	250 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Whiteside
20.7	1955-04-19	2	42°16'N / 90°41'W	42°16'N / 90°22'W	15.90 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Jackson
21.0	1988-05-08	3	41°46'N / 90°45'W	41°52'N / 90°12'W	30.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	25.0M	0	Clinton
21.6	1966-03-21	2	41°48'N / 90°00'W				0	0	25K	0	Whiteside
22.1	1955-04-18	2	42°10'N / 89°55'W	42°10'N / 89°44'W	9.00 Miles	77 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Carroll
23.6	1975-11-09	2	42°03'N / 90°43'W	42°04'N / 90°40'W	1.30 Miles	200 Yards	0	2	250K	0	Jackson
25.6	1990-03-13	3	41°37'N / 90°20'W	41°46'N / 90°13'W	12.00 Miles	250 Yards	0	1	2.5M	0	Rock Island
26.1	1967-06-11	2	42°24'N / 90°06'W	42°26'N / 90°01'W	4.30 Miles	500 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Jo Daviess
26.1	1995-07-27	2	41°56'N / 90°45'W	41°49'N / 90°36'W	10.50 Miles	70 Yards	0	0	200K	150K	Clinton
27.8	1991-03-27	2	42°19'N / 90°39'W	42°20'N / 90°38'W	0.50 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Jackson
28.1	1991-03-27	2	42°17'N / 90°42'W	42°19'N / 90°39'W	1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Dubuque
28.7	1981-03-29	4	41°41'N / 89°57'W	41°45'N / 89°53'W	5.10 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Whiteside
29.0	1959-08-26	2	41°36'N / 90°17'W	41°41'N / 90°14'W	5.60 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Rock Island
29.3	1970-09-09	2	42°24'N / 90°30'W	42°30'N / 90°25'W	7.70 Miles	70 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Jo Daviess
29.9	1975-11-09	2	41°54'N / 90°53'W	42°02'N / 90°43'W	12.30 Miles	200 Yards	0	2	250K	0	Clinton
30.6	1991-03-22	2	41°53'N / 90°51'W	41°58'N / 90°45'W	7.00 Miles	60 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Clinton
31.5	1990-03-13	3	41°36'N / 90°17'W	41°37'N / 90°20'W	0.50 Mile	73 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Scott
32.1	1970-09-09	2	42°30'N / 90°25'W	42°32'N / 90°17'W	6.60 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Lafayette
33.5	1967-01-24	2	41°47'N / 90°46'W		2.00 Miles	143 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Scott
33.9	1974-05-13	3	41°37'N / 90°36'W	41°40'N / 90°33'W	3.60 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Scott
34.5	1988-05-08	3	41°45'N / 90°47'W	41°46'N / 90°45'W	2.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	25.0M	0	Scott
34.9	1995-07-27	2	41°45'N / 90°47'W	41°43'N / 90°43'W	5.50 Miles	60 Yards	0	0	10K	70K	Scott
35.0	1972-04-06	2	42°03'N / 89°36'W	41°54'N / 89°31'W	10.90 Miles	50 Yards	1	3	250K	0	Ogle
35.6	1967-01-24	2	41°37'N / 90°35'W		2.00 Miles	250 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Scott
35.8	1967-01-24	2	41°48'N / 90°50'W		2.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Clinton
35.8	1979-08-05	3	42°01'N / 89°35'W	41°57'N / 89°30'W	5.70 Miles	67 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Ogle
36.7	1966-05-23	2	41°41'N / 90°44'W		2.00 Miles	250 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Scott
36.9	1962-05-07	3	41°40'N / 90°43'W		10.00 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Scott
37.1	1966-07-09	2	42°30'N / 90°40'W	42°30'N / 90°38'W			0	0	25K	0	Dubuque
37.8	1970-09-09	3	42°30'N / 90°40'W	42°33'N / 90°35'W	4.70 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Dubuque
38.6	1962-05-07	2	41°48'N / 89°39'W	41°43'N / 89°33'W	7.20 Miles	10 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Whiteside
38.6	1962-05-07	2	41°48'N / 89°39'W	41°43'N / 89°33'W	7.20 Miles	10 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Whiteside
39.3	1969-06-29	2	42°36'N / 90°14'W	42°39'N / 90°02'W	10.40 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Lafayette
39.4	1992-07-13	2	41°58'N / 91°04'W	41°59'N / 90°55'W	5.70 Miles	73 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Jones
39.9	1967-04-21	2	41°32'N / 89°58'W	41°32'N / 89°52'W	4.50 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Henry
39.9	1956-04-26	2	41°29'N / 90°22'W	41°29'N / 90°09'W	10.90 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Henry
40.2	1958-07-29	2	42°20'N / 91°05'W	42°17'N / 90°48'W	14.50 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Dubuque
41.0	1965-04-11	4	41°51'N / 90°56'W	42°52'N / 90°55'W	70.20 Miles	200 Yards	1	0	2.5M	0	Cedar
41.1	1966-04-19	3	41°30'N / 90°30'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Scott
41.2	1988-05-08	3	42°35'N / 90°14'W	42°43'N / 89°58'W	16.00 Miles	123 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Lafayette
41.4	1967-04-30	2	42°24'N / 90°54'W		2.00 Miles	400 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Dubuque
41.7	1956-08-30	2	41°48'N / 89°30'W				0	0	3K	0	Lee
41.8	1967-04-21	2	41°26'N / 90°24'W	41°29'N / 89°55'W	25.10 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Henry
42.1	1973-04-21	2	41°26'N / 90°25'W	41°29'N / 90°18'W	6.40 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Henry
42.2	1972-09-28	2	42°17'N / 91°22'W	42°25'N / 90°33'W	42.60 Miles	2200 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Jones
42.6	1998-05-15	2	42°33'N / 90°24'W	42°48'N / 90°12'W	20.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	11	1.7M	140K	Lafayette
		Brief Description: A supercell thunderstorm, after dropping a couple tornadoes in northeast Iowa, eventually moved northeast into Lafayette county, creating another tornado. This tornado touched down just southwest of Benton and hopped/skipped northeast for 20 miles. It caused moderate to severe damage to 40 different farms and their outbuildings, and homes. Numerous power lines were downed. Eleven people were injured: 2 children near Cuba city, 3 children southwest of Truman, and 6 adults in a vehicle on Highway 81 south of Benton. Several farm fields sustained damage. After the F2 tornado tore through Lafayette county a series of severe thunderstorms pummeled southcentral and southeast Wisconsin with numerous reports of tree limb damage and trees downed, which in turn downed a few power lines. The highest reported wind gust was 65 mph near Reedsburg (Sauk Co.). Other notable damage included roofs and doors ripped off of buildings in Mayville (Dodge Co.) and a deck ripped off a house in Ripon (Fond du Lac Co.) where several cars where also damaged by felled trees.
42.6	1961-06-07	2	41°42'N / 90°58'W	41°46'N / 90°54'W	5.10 Miles	200 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Cedar
43.6	1995-05-09	3	41°35'N / 90°52'W	41°43'N / 90°53'W	10.00 Miles	75 Yards	0	0	650K	0	Muscatine
44.4	1992-07-13	3	42°11'N / 91°08'W	42°11'N / 91°02'W	5.00 Miles	73 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Jones
44.7	1962-05-28	2	41°25'N / 90°09'W				0	0	250K	0	Henry
45.7	1972-04-06	2	41°54'N / 89°31'W	41°43'N / 89°18'W	16.60 Miles	50 Yards	0	6	250K	0	Lee
45.7	1969-06-29	2	42°24'N / 91°00'W				0	0	25K	0	Dubuque
46.2	1958-05-31	2	42°43'N / 90°09'W	42°44'N / 90°06'W	1.30 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Lafayette
46.3	2001-06-14	2	41°29'N / 90°47'W	41°33'N / 90°44'W	6.40 Miles	200 Yards	0	3	0	0	Scott
		Brief Description: An F2 tornado touched down at 501 pm CST, around a half mile east/northeast of Montpelier, near Highway 22 and the Muscatine/Scott County line. The tornado then tracked northeast into Scott County, was on the ground about 6.5 miles, and was 200 yards wide. The tornado ripped the roof off of three homes in Blue Grass, and produced lesser damage to many other homes. Three people in Blue Grass sustained minor injuries. The tornado produced F2 damage in the area around Normandy Street in Blue Grass, before lifting 2.5 miles northeast of the community at 506 pm CST.
47.3	1995-05-09	3	41°32'N / 90°49'W		7.00 Miles	500 Yards	0	0	3.0M	0	Scott
		Brief Description: This tornado destroyed 26 farm buildings, 20 of them with major damage. Nine homes were hit, one destroyed, two with major damage and six with minor damage. Seven of the nine homes were farmhouses. Roxanne Paper, with baby boy Logan in arm, was downstairs when the tornado struck. She reported that it sounded like something big was tearing through the house. The Gary Meincke farm was hit very hard. He and his wife watched the tornado touch down south of their farm at around 1630 CDT. Shortly after that they ran with their children to the basement. Debris from the Leroy Feldhahn farm near Stockton was spread over nearby Interstate 80 causing a two mile long traffic jam. Governor Terry Branstad later proclaimed a Disaster Emergency for Scott County.
47.3	1979-08-17	2	42°16'N / 89°21'W		0.50 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Winnebago
47.4	1966-07-13	2	42°43'N / 90°30'W	42°44'N / 90°26'W	2.70 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Grant
47.7	1967-04-16	3	42°31'N / 89°56'W	42°45'N / 89°29'W	27.80 Miles	500 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Lafayette
48.2	1979-06-09	2	42°36'N / 89°38'W		2.50 Miles	50 Yards	0	5	250K	0	Green
48.6	1963-09-02	2	42°43'N / 89°59'W	42°43'N / 89°47'W	9.90 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Lafayette
48.7	1957-05-21	2	41°33'N / 91°00'W	41°36'N / 90°50'W	8.90 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Cedar
48.8	1970-09-09	2	42°41'N / 90°40'W	42°47'N / 90°23'W	15.70 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Grant
48.8	1984-06-07	2	42°44'N / 90°20'W	42°48'N / 90°14'W	6.00 Miles	40 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Lafayette
48.8	1974-04-21	2	41°22'N / 90°03'W		2.00 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Henry
48.9	1967-05-07	2	41°32'N / 90°54'W	41°29'N / 90°45'W	8.00 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Muscatine
49.1	1969-06-04	2	42°50'N / 90°34'W	42°42'N / 90°07'W	24.40 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Grant
49.3	1973-04-21	2	41°20'N / 90°39'W	41°26'N / 90°25'W	13.60 Miles	33 Yards	0	2	2.5M	0	Rock Island
49.4	1965-04-23	2	41°21'N / 90°20'W		0.20 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Henry
49.7	1965-08-26	2	42°32'N / 90°58'W		0.50 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Dubuque

* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.