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Dutchtown, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Delaware Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52057. It stands on Lindsey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thorpe quadrangle.

Dutchtown within Delaware County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

14 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Dutchtown between 2009 and 2015, burning about 18 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware 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 Dutchtown: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Harris QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oneida QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sedgewick QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Thorpe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Delaware 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
Thorpe2.2 miles12
Oneida3.1 miles12
Greeley4.4 miles12
Manchester5.3 miles12
York5.9 miles12
Delaware6.3 miles12
Almoral6.5 miles12
Forestville6.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464526. 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.