Elm Spring, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 51240. The Survey maps it on the Inwood quadrangle.

Elm Spring within Sioux County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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.

1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Inwood quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Rock Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

25 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Elm Spring between 1999 and 2020, burning about 74 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	16
Debris and open burning	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Smoking	1
Fireworks	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
2 July 2016	Fireworks	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	BENTZ TREE
5 June 2020	Smoking	3.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
27 June 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	CENTER PIVOT
5 May 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	HIGHWAY 18
1 May 2000	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Canton Volunteer Fire Department	STAN OLSON
5 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	GREENHOUSE
4 April 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Lincoln County	HWY 18
26 April 2020	Railroad operations and maintenance	2.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	GUNCLUB

Every fire recorded in Sioux County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Elm Spring: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Canton Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lyon County-Lems Pit	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
Unknown-Maudlin	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Sioux 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
Rock Valley	12.7 miles	7
Lebanon	16.3 miles	8
Perkins	18.3 miles	7
Carmel	18.5 miles	7
Highland Park	19.3 miles	8
Hull	20.7 miles	7
Hawarden	21.7 miles	9
Westbrook Village	22.6 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464061. 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.