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East Monticello, Iowa

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lovell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52310. It stands on Kitty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Monticello quadrangle.

East Monticello within Jones County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of East Monticello between 2008 and 2013, burning about 7 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
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
23 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources14221 RICHLAND RD., MONTICELLO, IOWA
17 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources15688 ROCK RD., MONTICELLO, IOWA
16 March 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 March 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 November 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 October 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jones County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of East Monticello: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clement Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Monticello PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Behrends QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lang QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Matternach QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Monticello1.1 miles15
Junction Switch2.5 miles12
Springhole4.4 miles15
Langworthy4.9 miles15
Downers Grove (historical)5.8 miles14
Dales Ford6.0 miles15
Scotch Grove6.2 miles15
Ebys Mill6.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465534. 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.