Castle Grove, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Castle Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52310. The Survey maps it on the Hopkinton West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Castle Grove within Jones County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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.

1900 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1900 USGS Farley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1973 USGS Hopkinton West quadrangle1:24000
1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Castle Grove (historical) between 2006 and 2012, burning about 25 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
Debris and open burning	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
17 July 2012	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
19 June 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
14 February 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jones County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Castle Grove (historical): 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Monticello Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Delay Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Matternach Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Jones 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
Argand (historical)	2.1 miles	12
Downers Grove (historical)	2.2 miles	14
Cass (historical)	4.8 miles	14
Junction Switch	6.1 miles	12
Langworthy	6.9 miles	15
Monticello	7.0 miles	15
Jackson	7.6 miles	14
East Monticello	7.7 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464190. 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.