BlockDover, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Honey Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52208. The Survey maps it on the Hartwick 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
6 surveys from 8 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 Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Hartwick quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Grinnell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Dover (historical) between 2004 and 2018, burning about 842 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | MAPLE FIRE |
| 24 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 402 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | CORNLAND WILDFIRE |
| 21 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | FOLEY 108 |
| 2 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 250 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | MORMON GROUND |
| 1 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 240TH ST. AND 310TH AVE, IOWA |
| 1 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 92 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | KOSZTA BOAT RAMP 2 |
| 31 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | WAGNER ROADSIDE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koszta | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Dayton | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Victor | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Ladora | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Marengo | 12.3 miles | 8 | |
| Genoa Bluff | 12.9 miles | 8 | |
| West Amana | 17.7 miles | 13 | |
| Conroy | 17.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464226. 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.