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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.

Canfield within Black Hawk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

12 since 2002

Regional 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 April 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
14 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
30 March 2020Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 December 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Black Hawk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pint's QuarryFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, IronPast ProducerBarite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Pints QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Raymond MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Raymond QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Black Hawk 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
Dunkerton4.1 miles9
Dewar4.2 miles9
Raymond5.1 miles9
Armour6.0 miles10
Raymar6.5 miles9
Crain Creek (historical)6.8 miles10
Elk Run Heights6.9 miles11
Hilltop7.3 miles11

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.