BlockChequest, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Salt Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52560. The Survey maps it on the Selma 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
5 surveys from 7 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 Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Selma quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Chequest (historical) between 2008 and 2020, burning about 499 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 90 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Chequest (historical): 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drill Hole | Zinc | Past Producer | Sphalerite | |
| Hootman Farm Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lewis Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Nupp Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Selma-Nedrow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Elm | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Shunem | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Floris | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Troy | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Dover (historical) | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Dunnville (historical) | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant View (historical) | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Pulaski | 9.2 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464335. 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.