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Alice, Iowa

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Otter Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52213. The Survey maps it on the Lafayette quadrangle.

Alice within Linn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Alice: 6 past producers. None of them 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
Alice QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fishel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oliphant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Linn 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
Lafayette3.6 miles15
Center Point4.8 miles14
Alburnett5.3 miles15
Rogers6.2 miles15
Midway6.3 miles18
Troy Mills6.4 miles10
Paris6.8 miles15
Toddville6.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464440. 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.

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.