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Ceres, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Garnavillo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52052. The Survey maps it on the Garnavillo quadrangle.

Ceres within Clayton County

On record in Ceres

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Ceres between 2009 and 2020, burning about 36 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2

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
3 May 2020Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources403 WOODLAND DRIVE, GUTTENBERG, IA
11 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 October 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clayton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Ceres: 9 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Zinc. 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
Essman Island PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Holmes MineLead, ZincUnknownGalena
Kann MineLead, ZincUnknownGalena
RoadcutPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
RoadcutPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blume QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fassbinder QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Clayton 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
Garnavillo4.2 miles12
Eckards5.0 miles13
Guttenberg5.2 miles13
Snefs6.0 miles13
Clayton6.1 miles14
Osterdock6.2 miles13
Garber6.8 miles12
Elkport7.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464495. 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.