Freeport, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Decorah Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52101. It stands on Trout Run. The Survey maps it on the Freeport quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1906 USGS Decorah quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Decorah 1 SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Decorah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Freeport between 2006 and 2018, burning about 124 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | PALISADES PARK, CITY OF DECORAH, IOWA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Freeport: 18 past producers, 8 producers, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Diggings | Lead | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Carlson Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Decorah Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Freeport Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Seegmiller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bolson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Borseth Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Broghammer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freeport in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Freeport | - | A mudslide caused by heavy rains, closed Ice Cave Road in Decorah. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decorah | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Nasset | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Nordness | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Springwater | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Thoten | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Canoe (historical) | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Washington Prairie | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Sattre | 8.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 456760. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







