Almoral Siding, 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. It stands on Almoral Branch. The Survey maps it on the Greeley quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Almoral Siding 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.

1902 USGS Elkader quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:24000
1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Oelwein quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Almoral Siding (historical) between 2010 and 2014, burning about 41 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 burning	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
5 April 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
20 April 2014	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
10 April 2014	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
29 March 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	2539 155TH STREET, EARLVILLE, IA, IOWA
7 October 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	1551 197TH ST., IA
20 October 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Almoral Siding (historical): 6 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Goedkin Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Schulte Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
White Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Almoral	1.6 miles	12
Earlville	2.4 miles	12
Petersburg	4.1 miles	12
Oneida	4.7 miles	12
Delaware	4.8 miles	12
Greeley	6.0 miles	12
Holy Cross	6.0 miles	12
Gilt Edge	6.3 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464443. 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.