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Budd, Iowa

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52002. The Survey maps it on the Sherrill quadrangle.

Budd within Dubuque County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Budd between 2007 and 2018, burning about 18 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2015Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 March 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 March 2015Debris and open burning2.0 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

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Budd: 12 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. 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
Bonson MineZinc, Lead, IronPast ProducerGalena, Limonite, Sphalerite
Durango Drybone Mine Ewing DiggingsLead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Smithsonite
Bonson MineZinc, LeadUnknownSphalerite
Dubuque SubdistrictZinc, LeadPast ProducerMISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE LEAD-ZINC
Durango Drybone MineZinc, LeadUnknownSphalerite
Sherrill Mound SubdistrictZinc, LeadPast ProducerMISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE LEAD ZINC
Beecher West Dubuque QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kemp QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Klein QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Treester QuarryStone, 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
Lore1.3 miles16
Twin Springs1.8 miles16
Five Points2.6 miles16
Durango2.8 miles16
East Rickardsville3.6 miles16
Asbury3.6 miles16
Graf4.0 miles15
Julien4.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464478. 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.