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Grace Hill, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52353. The Survey maps it on the West Chester quadrangle.

Grace Hill within Washington County

On record in Grace Hill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

Fires near this place

14 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Grace Hill between 2011 and 2018, burning about 49 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 burning11
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
6 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2013Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2014Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 March 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesBRIGHTON VOL. FIRE DEPARTMENT
30 March 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Grace Hill: 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Grace Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Richardson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wilson-Brighton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Titu2.2 miles7
West Chester5.2 miles7
Brighton6.2 miles7
Rubio6.4 miles7
Eureka (historical)6.8 miles7
Washington7.7 miles7
Lexington9.3 miles7
Havre11.7 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 456995. 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.