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Iowa City, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Marysville Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95901. The Survey maps it on the Loma Rica quadrangle. It stands 194 feet above sea level.

Iowa City within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Iowa City, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Iowa City, surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 27 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

364 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 364 fires within 5 miles of Iowa City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,514 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 19 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined135
Equipment and vehicle use122
Debris and open burning63
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHONCUT
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHONCUT #2
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHONCUT #4
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHONCUT #3
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresButte UnitPALERMO IC GRD FIRE
9 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitLOWER
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.2 acresButte UnitDUNSTONE
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitPALERMO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Iowa City: 6 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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
Speckert QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sperbeck QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
DonnebrougeGoldProspect
Smithurst AbdGoldUnknown
Sweet VengenceGoldOccurrence
UnknownGoldOccurrence
UnknownGoldOccurrence
UnknownGoldOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGoldOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Yuba 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
Olive Hill0.4 miles27
Coombs (historical)2.9 miles21
Loma Rica3.5 miles27
Ramirez3.7 miles21
Browns Valley5.0 miles27
Tambo6.4 miles25
Bliss (historical)6.4 miles21
Rancho Loma Rica6.6 miles24

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.

Wikidata item Q6064300The 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 252701. 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.