BlockEast Rickardsville, Iowa
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52039. It lies near Mangold Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Sherrill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1900 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Sherrill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of East Rickardsville between 2007 and 2015, burning about 11 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of East Rickardsville: 11 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Zinc, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonson Mine | Zinc, Lead, Iron | Past Producer | Galena, Limonite, Sphalerite | |
| Durango Drybone Mine Ewing Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Smithsonite | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bonson Mine | Zinc, Lead | Unknown | Sphalerite | |
| Dubuque Subdistrict | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE LEAD-ZINC | |
| Durango Drybone Mine | Zinc, Lead | Unknown | Sphalerite | |
| Roadcut | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Sherrill Mound Subdistrict | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE LEAD ZINC | |
| Twin Springs Quarry | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Sherrills Mound Mines | Lead | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Rickardsville | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| O'Neill | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Cottage Hill | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Budd | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Old Balltown | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Twin Springs | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sherrill | 4.4 miles | 16 |
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 Q122545508 | 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 456191. 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.