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Gatesville, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sumner Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50644. The Survey maps it on the Quasqueton quadrangle.

Gatesville within Buchanan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

10 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Gatesville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 101 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
25 April 2018Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2015Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 March 2018Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 March 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 November 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Buchanan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Gatesville: 7 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brooks QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Miller QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rasmussen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sells QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Burns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hertzberg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Miller Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Buchanan 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
Doris2.8 miles11
Independence3.5 miles11
Rowley5.0 miles11
Quasqueton5.0 miles11
Winthrop5.6 miles11
Otterville7.6 miles12
Vista8.4 miles11
Hamerville9.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464155. 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.