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Doris, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Byron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50644. The Survey maps it on the Quasqueton quadrangle.

Doris within Buchanan 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

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Doris between 2006 and 2018, burning about 166 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/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2015Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2015Debris and open burning50 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2015Debris and open burning15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 March 2018Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 November 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Buchanan County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Doris: 4 producers, 4 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brooks QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hertzberg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Miller QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Miller Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rasmussen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sells QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Buchanan 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
Gatesville2.8 miles11
Independence4.1 miles11
Winthrop4.3 miles11
Quasqueton6.6 miles11
Otterville7.3 miles12
Rowley7.8 miles11
Bryantsburg8.1 miles12
Vista10.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464154. 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.