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Almoral, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Oneida Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52041. The Survey maps it on the Greeley quadrangle.

Almoral within Delaware County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

11 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Almoral between 2009 and 2014, burning about 46 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources2539 155TH STREET, EARLVILLE, IA, IOWA
20 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 December 2014Debris and open burning1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware 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 Almoral: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Schulte QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
White QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Delaware 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
Almoral Siding (historical)1.6 miles12
Oneida3.4 miles12
Earlville3.8 miles12
Petersburg4.3 miles12
Greeley4.4 miles12
Delaware5.1 miles12
Holy Cross5.4 miles12
Dutchtown6.5 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on AlmoralAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q86755825The 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 464442. 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.