BlockDover, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52537. It stands on Hickory Creek. The Survey maps it on the Milton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Milton quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Dover (historical) between 2017 and 2020, burning about 436 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 90 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 125 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 January 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troy | 1.2 miles | 7 | |
| Pulaski | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Shunem | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Chequest (historical) | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Waneta | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Wanetta Corner | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| White Elm | 8.3 miles | 7 | |
| Steuben | 9.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1976011. 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.