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Eldergrove, Iowa

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Taylor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52146. The Survey maps it on the Harpers Ferry quadrangle. It stands 1,119 feet above sea level.

Eldergrove within Allamakee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Eldergrove between 2009 and 2018, burning about 55 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/undetermined2

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
26 June 2012Debris and open burning15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2014Debris and open burning8.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 April 2018Debris and open burning20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 February 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allamakee County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Eldergrove: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, 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
Harpers Ferry DiggingsLeadPast ProducerGalena
Harpers Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brazell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shrader QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wexford QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Allamakee 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
Thompson Corner1.9 miles18
Dalby3.3 miles14
Harpers Ferry4.4 miles19
Waterville4.7 miles14
Village Creek4.9 miles18
Lyndale5.3 miles14
Elon5.8 miles14
Waukon Junction6.2 miles19

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 Q18150303The 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 464532. 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.