Exeelsior, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in White Oak Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52577. The Survey maps it on the University Park quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Exeelsior within Mahaska County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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 Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS University Park quadrangle1:24000
1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Exeelsior (historical) between 2012 and 2017, burning about 102 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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	3
Arson/incendiarism	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
9 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
15 April 2015	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
29 March 2014	Debris and open burning	80 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
18 March 2016	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	TAMA
18 February 2017	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mahaska 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 Exeelsior (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
	Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
	Upton Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Mahaska 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
Wright	0.9 miles	7
Keomah Village	2.5 miles	7
Cedar	3.2 miles	7
Fremont	5.1 miles	8
Rose Hill	5.2 miles	7
Tioga	5.5 miles	7
University Park	6.0 miles	7
Oskaloosa	7.5 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464271. 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.