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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.

Freeport within Winneshiek County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

16 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
10 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 2012Debris and open burning32 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 May 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural ResourcesPALISADES PARK, CITY OF DECORAH, IOWA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winneshiek County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed DiggingsLeadOccurrenceGalena
Carlson Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Decorah PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Freeport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Seegmiller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bolson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Borseth QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Broghammer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Winneshiek County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2017Flash FloodFreeport-A mudslide caused by heavy rains, closed Ice Cave Road in Decorah.

Every storm recorded in Winneshiek 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
Decorah2.2 miles12
Nasset4.2 miles12
Nordness4.9 miles12
Springwater5.3 miles12
Thoten5.5 miles12
Canoe (historical)5.8 miles12
Washington Prairie7.2 miles11
Sattre8.3 miles12

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.