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Baltimore, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Baltimore Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52645. It stands on Big Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lowell quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Baltimore within Henry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

9 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Baltimore (historical) between 2012 and 2019, burning about 40 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
27 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 March 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 March 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 March 2013Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 March 2012Debris and open burning8.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Baltimore (historical): 2 past producers, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beattie QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Nelson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Henry 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
Lowell2.1 miles11
New London5.7 miles11
Salem8.5 miles11
Mount Pleasant9.0 miles11
Oakland Mills9.9 miles11
Denova (historical)10.0 miles11
Westwood11.4 miles11
Traxler (historical)13.4 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465343. 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.