Bluff Park, Iowa
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Montrose Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52639. It stands on Horton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nauvoo quadrangle.
On record in Bluff Park
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Saint Barnabas Episcopal Churchlisted 1986 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1936 USGS Fort Madison quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Nauvoo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bluff Park: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Madison Conversion Mo Plant | Molybdenum | Producer | ||
| Sandusky Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montrose | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Galland | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Clare | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Bricker (historical) | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sandusky | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Summitville | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| New Boston | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Jeffersonville (historical) | 6.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454724. 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.
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.






