Canfield, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Barclay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50703. The Survey maps it on the Dunkerton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Dunkerton quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Canfield (historical) between 2002 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 14 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 30 March 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 December 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Canfield (historical): 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pint's Quarry | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Iron | Past Producer | Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Pints Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Raymond Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Raymond Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunkerton | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Dewar | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Raymond | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Armour | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Raymar | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Crain Creek (historical) | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Elk Run Heights | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Hilltop | 7.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464150. 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.



