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East Canton, Iowa

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Brandon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52309. It stands on Black Hawk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Canton quadrangle.

East Canton within Jackson County

On record in East Canton

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of East Canton between 2007 and 2014, burning about 1 acre 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/undetermined2
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
12 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of East Canton: 3 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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
Gillespie Farm DiggingsLeadPast ProducerGalena
Mineral Creek DiggingsLeadPast ProducerGalena
OccurrenceLeadOccurrenceGalena
Canton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Doll QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Judas QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mo-Keta Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Ozark (historical)1.2 miles17
Ozark2.4 miles17
Emeline3.5 miles17
Crab Town4.8 miles17
West Iron Hills5.7 miles17
Monmouth6.1 miles17
South Garry Owen6.6 miles17
Baldwin6.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465431. 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.