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Dodgeville, Iowa

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52650. The Survey maps it on the Sperry quadrangle.

Dodgeville within Des Moines County

On record in Dodgeville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

9 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Dodgeville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 326 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
24 April 2018Debris and open burning180 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 March 2020Debris and open burning50 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 March 2018Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 March 2018Debris and open burning70 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 March 2018Debris and open burning12 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Des Moines County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dodgeville: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Mediapolis QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Sperry Mine and MillGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Us Gypsum Mine & PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer

Every working recorded in Des Moines County

Storms near this place

8 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dodgeville in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011Tornado (EF1)Dodgeville$50,000The tornado damage included some snapped trees and the destruction of a small barn and outbuilding.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindDodgeville-The Emergency Manager reported roof damage along with a shed blown down at this locating. The time of this event was estimated using radar.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindDodgeville-A tree was blown over onto power lines.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindDodgeville-Wind gust was observed in an open area with no damage.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDodgeville-An emergency manager reported estimated 62 mph winds.
May 2009FloodDodgeville-Heavy rains caused Flint Creek to flood some agricultural fields along Highway 99 and also flood out of its banks near Irish Ridge Road north of Burlington during the afternoon of May 15.
June 2024HailDodgeville-no account filed
June 2024HailDodgeville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Des Moines 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
Sperry1.6 miles17
Kline2.1 miles17
Latty4.2 miles17
Mediapolis4.6 miles11
Kossuth5.3 miles11
Prairie Grove5.8 miles11
Pleasant Grove5.9 miles11
Beaverdale6.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455937. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.