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Caldwell Siding, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1993. It lies in ZIP code area 50070. The Survey maps it on the Earlham West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Caldwell Siding within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

21 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Caldwell Siding (historical) between 2006 and 2013, burning about 172 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/undetermined19
Debris and open burning2

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
14 September 2013Debris and open burning12 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources150TH & VICTOR AVE, LINCOLN TWP, IOWA
29 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural ResourcesI-80 EXIT 93, LINCOLN TWP, IA
21 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas 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
Dexter4.6 miles14
Wiscotta9.2 miles14
Garretville9.5 miles14
Redfield9.7 miles14
Quarry9.8 miles14
Kennedy12.2 miles14
De Soto13.2 miles14
Linden13.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464209. 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.