Eifield, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Summit Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50219. It stands on Wildcat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Otley quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Eifield within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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.

1909 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:62500
1912 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Otley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

6 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Eifield (historical) in 2015, burning about 15 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 burning	6

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 April 2015	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 April 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 April 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
21 March 2015	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
15 March 2015	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 March 2015	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Eifield (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc. 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
	Occurrence	Zinc	Past Producer	Sphalerite
	Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Marion 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Otley	3.3 miles	11
Cordova (historical)	3.5 miles	11
Howell (historical)	4.1 miles	11
Flagler	6.0 miles	11
Pella	6.2 miles	11
Knoxville	7.5 miles	11
Durham	7.5 miles	11
Harvey	8.8 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464262. 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.