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Armour, Iowa

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Waterloo City. It lies in ZIP code area 50703. The Survey maps it on the Waterloo North quadrangle.

Armour within Black Hawk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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

12 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Armour between 2001 and 2011, burning about 32 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
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 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1690 HWY 218 AND 27, IA
27 March 2002Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
14 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 November 2001Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
11 November 2001Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Black Hawk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Armour: 9 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Iron. 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
Pint's QuarryFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, IronPast ProducerBarite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Morgan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pints QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Raymond MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Raymond QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Black Hawk 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
Dewar2.1 miles9
Crain Creek (historical)2.6 miles10
Hilltop2.7 miles11
Eastgate Estate Park3.0 miles11
Elk Run Heights3.2 miles11
Evansdale3.3 miles11
Big Rock (historical)3.5 miles10
Raymond3.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464447. 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.