BlockGrove City, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50022. It stands on Jim Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wiota quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Wiota quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Grove City (historical) between 2008 and 2017, burning about 89 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 63234 GREAT RIVER RD, ATLANTIC, IOWA |
| 28 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | ATLANTIC FIRE DEPT. |
| 25 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Grove City (historical): 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Seventy-One Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Atlantic Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mcdermott Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sycamore Village | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Atlantic | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Wiota | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Norway Center | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Lorah | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lewis | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Marne | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Cumberland | 9.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 466053. 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.