BlockEast Creston, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Highland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50801. The Survey maps it on the Creston East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Creston East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of East Creston between 2008 and 2020, burning about 542 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1612 185TH, CRESTON, IOWA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creston | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cromwell | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Spaulding | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Afton | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Kent | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Arispe | 9.7 miles | 8 | |
| Shepard (historical) | 10.7 miles | 8 | |
| Shannon City | 11.5 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122539621 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464291. 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.