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Camp Dodge, Iowa

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50131. It stands on Little Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Des Moines NW quadrangle.

Camp Dodge within Polk County

On record in Camp Dodge

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

15 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Camp Dodge between 2009 and 2019, burning about 59 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
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7

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
8 July 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesCAMP DODGE
17 May 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 May 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesCAMP DODGE
5 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Camp Dodge: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Clay. 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
Can-Tex Industries West PitClayProducer
Drill HoleZincPast ProducerSphalerite
Bradshaw PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Des Moines North Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jester Pit No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Johnston Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morning Star PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Johnston1.9 miles17
Herrold2.1 miles17
Corydon (historical)3.5 miles17
Lovington3.9 miles17
Saylorville4.4 miles17
Grimes4.5 miles11
Andrews4.5 miles13
Polk City5.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455117. 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.