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Blackhawk, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52552. It stands on South Soap Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paris quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Blackhawk within Davis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Blackhawk (historical) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 428 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5

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
12 September 2017Debris and open burning115 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources32878 HWY J3T UNIONVILLE, IA, IA
10 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 March 2020Debris and open burning15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 March 2020Debris and open burning63 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 March 2017Debris and open burning60 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Davis County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Blackhawk (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, 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
Drill HoleZincPast ProducerSphalerite
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Davis 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
Paris3.0 miles7
Ash Grove3.3 miles7
Drakesville6.2 miles10
West Grove7.6 miles7
Belknap8.8 miles10
Carbon10.0 miles10
Bloomfield10.9 miles10
Russellville (historical)11.0 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464336. 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.