Bell, Iowa

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Paradise Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51520. It stands on Paradise Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dow City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bell within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1971 USGS Dow City quadrangle1:24000
1980 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

15 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Bell (historical) between 2009 and 2020, burning about 110 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	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
31 August 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
31 August 2013	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
30 April 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
20 April 2019	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
19 April 2014	Smoking	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
16 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 April 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	1724 UNION AVE, DOW CITY, IA 51528, IOWA
1 April 2013	Debris and open burning	7.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bell (historical): 5 past producers. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Arion Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Ballantine Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Dow City Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Rogers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford 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
Arion	1.8 miles	8
Dow City	2.0 miles	8
Kenwood	3.6 miles	8
Haley	4.8 miles	8
Buck Grove	5.9 miles	8
Kimze	6.2 miles	8
Sunset Village	7.1 miles	8
Denison	8.5 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464170. 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.