BlockBellefountain, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Scott Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50256. The Survey maps it on the Leighton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1910 USGS Pella quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1912 USGS Pella quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Leighton quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Bellefountain in 2017, burning about 3 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Bellefountain: 11 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oskaloosa Clay Products Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Drill Hole | Zinc | Past Producer | Sphalerite | |
| Groenendyk Mcconville Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Occurrence | Zinc | Past Producer | Sphalerite | |
| Server Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bellefountain Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Llyed Barnes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454493. 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.