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Buckhorn, Iowa

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in South Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52060. The Survey maps it on the Baldwin quadrangle.

Buckhorn within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

19 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Buckhorn between 2009 and 2020, burning about 74 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
9 July 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2020Smokingunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesE SIDE OF RD, ACROSS FROM 15702 242ND AVE, MAQUOKE
15 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 March 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Buckhorn: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, 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
Main Baldwin DiggingsLeadPast ProducerGalena
Maquoketa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rockdale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownLeadPast Producer
Bloore QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Joinerville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Maquoketa QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schwenker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Wirth QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buckhorn in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBuckhorn$100,000Wind gusts estimated to be 70 to 80 mph caused extensive tree damage, destroyed a barn, and downed power poles along a path from just east of Nashville, IA to just southeast of the Maquoketa Municipal Airport around 830 am CDT June 8.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBuckhorn-A COOP observer reported corn flattened and trees down near Highway 61.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBuckhorn-Winds estimated to be 60 mph were observed about 4 miles west of Maquoketa, IA at 9:30 am June 8. A power outage was also noted.
May 2011HailBuckhorn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Nashville1.6 miles17
Hurstville4.5 miles17
Millrock4.6 miles17
Maquoketa4.7 miles17
Baldwin4.8 miles17
Ironhills5.7 miles17
East Iron Hills5.8 miles17
West Iron Hills6.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464477. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.