BlockCenterville, Iowa
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Yell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50036. It stands on Bass Point Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boone West quadrangle. It stands 919 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1916 USGS Boone quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Boone West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Centerville between 2010 and 2011, burning about 4 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | HWY 17, P AVE, BOONE COUNTY, IOWA |
| 30 November 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1100 BLOCK OF 130TH ST., IA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Centerville: 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone Clay Works | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Jacob Yegge Brickyard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| N. W. Griffee Pottery Works | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Boone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Laube Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mondt Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logansport | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Fraser | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Boone | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Coal Valley | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Moingona | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Wolf | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Ridgeport | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Ogden | 6.1 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Centerville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q31811287 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455311. 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.