BlockHighland Park, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eagle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51027. The Survey maps it on the Lebanon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Labanon quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Rock Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Highland Park between 2009 and 2020, burning about 342 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 66 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 214 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Ireton | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Carmel | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| McNally | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hawarden | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Westbrook Village | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sioux Center | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Maurice | 10.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464062. 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.