Downers Grove, Iowa

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Castle Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52310. The Survey maps it on the Anamosa NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Downers Grove within Jones County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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.

1890 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1900 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1900 USGS Farley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1973 USGS Anamosa NE quadrangle1:24000
1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Downers Grove (historical) between 2009 and 2012, burning about 31 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	3
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
17 July 2012	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
19 June 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
21 March 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
19 March 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
10 January 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jones County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Downers Grove (historical): 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Clement Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Monticello Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Delay Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Matternach Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Jones 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
Castle Grove (historical)	2.2 miles	12
Argand (historical)	4.3 miles	12
Junction Switch	4.7 miles	12
Langworthy	4.8 miles	15
Cass (historical)	4.9 miles	14
Monticello	5.0 miles	15
East Monticello	5.8 miles	15
Jackson	7.3 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464191. 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.