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Illyria, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Illyria Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52141. The Survey maps it on the Elgin quadrangle.

Illyria within Fayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Illyria between 2006 and 2015, burning about 112 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning3

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
1 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources17694 BIGHORN RD., WADENA, IA 50606, IA
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1028 FILMORE RD., ELGIN, IA, IA
15 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Illyria: 11 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Baird PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wadena PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gernand QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mc Donough QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nuttins QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Patterson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fayette 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
Wadena4.0 miles12
Elgin4.1 miles12
Brainard4.3 miles12
Lima6.1 miles12
Albany6.9 miles12
Clermont7.3 miles11
Taylorsville9.1 miles12
Fayette9.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464587. 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.