Campbell, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50325. The Survey maps it on the Commerce quadrangle.

Campbell within Polk 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.

1908 USGS Waukee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Campbell between 2009 and 2011, burning about 45 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/undetermined	4

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
6 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	47753 127TH, IA
4 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
2 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	129 COTTAGE LANE,LAKE PONDEROSA, IA
19 October 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	24 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	400 BLOCK OF SE 37TH ST. GRIMES, IA 50111, IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Campbell: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Penn-Dixie Cement Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Schuler Coal Co. No. 1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Rider (historical)	2.7 miles	11
Ashawa	3.3 miles	11
Clive	3.8 miles	16
Crestwood	4.3 miles	16
Urbandale	4.5 miles	17
Windsor Heights	4.7 miles	16
West Des Moines	5.0 miles	16
Commerce	5.2 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464489. 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.