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Hughs, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50627. The Survey maps it on the Owasa quadrangle.

Hughs within Hardin County

On record in Hughs

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 9 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

25 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Hughs between 2006 and 2020, burning about 323 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
31 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 June 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 June 2016Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesELDORA FIRE AND RESCUE
30 May 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2013Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2018Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2018Debris and open burning15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Hughs: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Eldora Pipe and Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Butler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crosser PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Frericks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hardin City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Riekena PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hardin 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
Berlin1.5 miles9
Owasa3.6 miles9
Rough Woods Hill3.7 miles9
Eldora4.0 miles9
Steamboat Rock4.9 miles9
Eagle City5.2 miles9
Lawn Hill6.9 miles9
Xenia7.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464139. 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.