BlockDayton, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Honey Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52301. It stands on Honey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ladora quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ladora quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Grinnell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Dayton between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,155 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | CAES WF |
| 3 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 824 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | ACE AUTO |
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | CAES NW |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 316 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | SCHOTT WF |
| 21 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | FOLEY 108 |
| 20 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | ACE AUTO 2 |
| 19 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 228 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | CAES NW |
| 17 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dayton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marengo Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koszta | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Dover (historical) | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Ladora | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Marengo | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Victor | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Genoa Bluff | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| West Amana | 12.2 miles | 13 | |
| South Amana | 12.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465419. 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.