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Eagle Point, Iowa

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Dubuque City. It lies in ZIP code area 52001. It lies near Hamm Island. The Survey maps it on the Dubuque North quadrangle.

Eagle Point within Dubuque County

On record in Eagle Point

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

6 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Point between 1996 and 2020, burning about 26 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3

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
9 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20052
24 April 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 March 1999Debris and open burning6.0 acresMcGregor District, Upper Mississippi River ComplexJDMARSH
17 March 2000Debris and open burning5.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1/2 SOUTH OF HWY 3, IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dubuque County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Eagle Point: 16 past producers, 8 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Becker QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fourteenth Street MineLead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Levens Mine North Langworthy MineLead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Composite SectionPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Creek BankPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
OccurrencePhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
RoadcutPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Bob Richards QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Eagle Point Lime WorksStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dubuque 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
Edmore2.3 miles19
Dubuque2.6 miles19
Frith Spur3.2 miles19
Cathedral Square3.2 miles20
Sageville3.6 miles19
Rose4.4 miles19
South Switch Junction4.4 miles20
Center Grove4.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464528. 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.