Evander, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Floyd Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51201. It stands on South Branch Little Floyd River. The Survey maps it on the Sheldon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Evander within O'Brien 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.

1954 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Sheldon quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Iowa Great Lakes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Evander (historical) between 2008 and 2020, burning about 47 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	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2

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
11 July 2020	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
16 April 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
4 November 2020	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
30 October 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	35 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
22 October 2020	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
14 October 2020	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 October 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in O'Brien County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Evander (historical): 24 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. 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
Appleton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Douma Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Faber Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Floyd River Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Frisbee Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hanson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hodgman	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
R J Skewis	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Ruby Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Sanborn	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in O'Brien 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
Archer	4.5 miles	7
Sheldon	5.0 miles	7
Ritter	5.5 miles	7
Sanborn	5.7 miles	7
Philby	7.8 miles	7
Max	8.9 miles	7
Primghar	9.6 miles	7
Plessis	12.0 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464064. 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.