BlockEdwards, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bennington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50703. The Survey maps it on the Waterloo North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Waterloo North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Edwards (historical) between 2001 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 30 June 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 25 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 14 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 315 W DUNKERTON, IOWA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Edwards (historical): 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crain Creek (historical) | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Big Rock (historical) | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Dewar | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Armour | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Dunkerton | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Glasgow (historical) | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Eastgate Estate Park | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Hilltop | 6.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464148. 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.