BlockAllen, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Allen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51579. The Survey maps it on the Moorhead SE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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
- 1971 USGS Moorhead SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Allen (historical) between 2006 and 2018, burning about 466 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1299 LARADO, IA |
| 18 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2768 120TH ST. HARRISON CO IA, IA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pisgah | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Woodbine | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Echo | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Magnolia | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Willett | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Baird (historical) | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Orson | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Little Sioux | 10.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464201. 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.