BlockEcho, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Raglan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51557. The Survey maps it on the Missouri Valley NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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
- 1970 USGS Missouri Valley NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Echo between 2006 and 2014, burning about 101 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | HARVARD TRL, & KENDRICK AVE, IA |
| 29 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orson | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Magnolia | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Mondamin | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Pisgah | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Little Sioux | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| River Sioux | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Allen (historical) | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Calhoun | 8.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464198. 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.