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Almont, Iowa

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Elk River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52732. It lies near Pomme de Terre Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Clinton NW quadrangle.

Almont within Clinton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

5 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Almont between 1992 and 2014, burning about 282 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
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
12 June 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreSavanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugeISLAND 199
17 April 1996Debris and open burning15 acresSavanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugeSIMPSONTWO
31 March 2014Recreation and ceremony265 acresSavanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugeTHOMSON RNA
29 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resources1120 432ND AVE, TEEDS GROVE, IA 52732, IOWA
11 January 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

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 Almont: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Doyle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lyons QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rein,Schultz & Dahl Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Teeds Grove QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Thomson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Almont in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAlmont-Large tree branches downed by thunderstorm winds. Time estimated by radar.

Every storm recorded in Clinton 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
Elk River Junction1.4 miles19
Hauntown1.8 miles24
Sibyl (historical)1.9 miles19
Andover2.8 miles16
Bulgers Hollow2.9 miles19
Teeds Grove3.6 miles24
Sixmile6.8 miles16
Bryant7.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464441. 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.