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Belfast, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Trenton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52641. It stands on Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lockridge East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Belfast 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

7 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Belfast (historical) between 2007 and 2009, burning about 28 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/undetermined7

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
11 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 February 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 February 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Belfast (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Rome PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Rome0.6 miles11
Westwood3.7 miles11
Oakland Mills5.2 miles11
Trenton5.6 miles7
Traxler (historical)6.1 miles7
Denova (historical)6.2 miles11
Mount Pleasant7.0 miles11
Salem10.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465344. 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.