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Diamondhead Lake, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Penn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50070. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Stuart North quadrangle.

Diamondhead Lake within Guthrie 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

26 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Diamondhead Lake between 2006 and 2018, burning about 367 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning12
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
14 September 2013Debris and open burning12 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined38 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources2903 WAGON RD., JACKSON TOWNSHIP, GUTHRIE CO. , IO
22 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources3513 330TH TRAIL, IA
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources2359 OLD HWY 6 F-29 ROAD, IA
1 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources3382 WAGON RD., STUART TOWNSHIP, GUTHRIE CO., IOWA
31 March 2015Debris and open burning13 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 March 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Guthrie County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Diamondhead Lake: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Goodwin Brick and Tile CompanyClayPast Producer
Bear Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Talbot QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dudley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Feller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Guthrie 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
Morrisburgh (historical)4.4 miles11
Stuart4.5 miles11
Dale5.2 miles11
Menlo7.9 miles11
Glendon8.0 miles11
Monteith10.4 miles11
Panora11.0 miles11
Lake Panorama12.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2631654. 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.