BlockCalhoun, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Calhoun Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51555. The Survey maps it on the Missouri Valley NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Missouri Valley NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Calhoun between 2006 and 2020, burning about 216 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | MISSOURI VALLEY FIRE DEPT. |
| 9 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | MISSOURI VALLEY FIRE DEPT. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnolia | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Missouri Valley | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Orton | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Logan | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Modale | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Euclid | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Findley | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| California Junction | 7.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455050. 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.