Argo, Iowa

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Le Claire Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52753. The Survey maps it on the McCausland quadrangle.

Argo within Scott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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.

1892 USGS Leclaire quadrangle1:62500
1893 USGS Leclaire quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1899 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000
1899 USGS Cordova quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Mc Causland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1991 USGS Mc Causland quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Argo between 2009 and 2016, burning about 716 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

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
6 April 2014	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
4 April 2016	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	ELDRIDGE
29 March 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	55 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	22124 TERRITORIAL ROAD, IOWA
7 November 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
12 October 2015	Debris and open burning	640 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Argo: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Le Claire Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Scott 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
Great Oaks	2.3 miles	21
Sherton Heights	2.3 miles	21
Carriage Place	2.5 miles	21
Pleasant Valley	3.9 miles	21
Panorama Park	5.0 miles	21
Le Claire	5.1 miles	23
Riverdale	5.8 miles	21
Princeton	5.9 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454225. 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.