Donley Station, Iowa

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Knoxville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50138. It stands on Butcher Creek. The Survey maps it on the Knoxville SW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Donley Station within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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.

1909 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:62500
1912 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Knoxville SW quadrangle1:24000
1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

6 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Donley Station (historical) in 2015, burning about 24 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 burning	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
5 April 2015	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
16 April 2015	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
18 March 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge	CLASS B ROAD FIRE
16 March 2015	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
13 March 2015	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 March 2015	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Donley Station (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Drill Hole	Zinc	Past Producer	Sphalerite
Iowa Brick and Tile Co. Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Wright Brickyard	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Marion 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Donnelley	0.1 miles	10
Knoxville	3.6 miles	11
Pleasantville	6.1 miles	9
Cordova (historical)	7.5 miles	11
Caloma	8.1 miles	9
Flagler	8.2 miles	11
Melcher-Dallas	8.3 miles	10
Gosport	9.0 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464261. 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.