Graham, Iowa

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Scott Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52240. The Survey maps it on the Iowa City East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Graham within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1894 USGS West Liberty quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1901 USGS Stanwood quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Iowa City East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Iowa City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1993 USGS Iowa City East quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

39 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Graham (historical) between 2006 and 2018, burning about 203 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 burning	22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
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
4 June 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
26 June 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
1 June 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	4733 HWY 6 SE, IOWA CITY, IOWA
20 May 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
7 April 2013	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
7 April 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
25 April 2017	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
22 April 2018	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 Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Graham (historical): 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Flagstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Hutchinson Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Sanders Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Flagstone	Past Producer
Dingleberry Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Donovan Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Vogel Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson 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
Elmira	3.7 miles	14
Midway (historical)	4.0 miles	11
Iowa City	4.1 miles	19
Oasis	4.3 miles	14
Newport	4.5 miles	14
Breckenridge Estates	4.8 miles	11
Morse	5.2 miles	14
University Heights	5.5 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465949. 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.