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Clinton Stock Yards, Iowa

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Clinton City. It lies in ZIP code area 52732. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clinton quadrangle.

Clinton Stock Yards within Clinton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

23 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Clinton Stock Yards between 2005 and 2020, burning about 72 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
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
15 September 2017Smokingunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesREAR OF 2103 7TH AVE, CAMANCHE, IA
17 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Clinton Stock Yards: 7 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Clinton DiggingsLeadOccurrenceGalena
Clinton QuarriesLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Huizenga QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Second Avenue QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Acme AggregatesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Albany-Cordova Plant #1 DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Determan Sand and Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clinton 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
Clinton2.6 miles19
Camanche2.7 miles19
Chaney (historical)3.6 miles19
Lyons4.0 miles19
Low Moor7.1 miles19
Shaffton7.1 miles19
Sixmile7.5 miles16
Elvira7.6 miles19

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.

Wikidata item Q122558146The 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 464234. 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.