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Bennettsville, Iowa

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52079. The Survey maps it on the Zwingle quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bennettsville within Dubuque County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

10 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Bennettsville (historical) between 2009 and 2018, burning about 55 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning4
Smoking1

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
16 July 2012Smoking5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 April 2018Debris and open burning12 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 April 2015Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resources12250 SWILL VALLEY RD PEOSTA, IA 52068, IA
6 January 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dubuque County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Bennettsville (historical): 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Cadmium, Lead. 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
Graham Mill-ConcentratorZinc, Cadmium, LeadPast Producer
OccurrencePhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Zwingle Mines and OccurrencesZinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
ArnsdorfStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hanten QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Koos QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Thole QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Trappist QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dubuque 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
Ballyclough4.6 miles20
Zwingle4.8 miles19
Washington Mills5.0 miles15
Bernard6.4 miles15
Key West6.6 miles20
Rockdale7.7 miles20
King7.9 miles20
Cattese8.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464164. 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.