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Cypsum City, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Cooper Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50501. The Survey maps it on the Fort Dodge South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cypsum City within Webster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

12 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Cypsum City (historical) between 2013 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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
Smoking5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 August 2013Smoking1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 August 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 April 2015Smokingunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 April 2015Smoking2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2014Arson/incendiarism10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2015Smoking45 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Webster County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Cypsum City (historical): 20 past producers, 12 producers, 1 unknown. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Perlite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lehigh Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownFlagstonePast Producer
Fort Dodge PlantGypsum-Anhydrite, PerlitePast Producer
Hoover PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hudson/Otho PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Johnston Clay WorksClayPast Producer
Kalo Brick and Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
National Gypsum PlantGypsum-Anhydrite, PerliteProducer
U S Gypsum PlantGypsum-Anhydrite, PerliteProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Webster 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
Shady Oak1.7 miles11
Coalville2.0 miles11
Fort Dodge2.7 miles11
Kalo2.9 miles11
Otho3.6 miles11
Roberts4.1 miles11
Judd4.2 miles11
West Fort Dodge (historical)4.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464128. 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.