Iowa Falls Junction, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Hardin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50126. It stands on Elk Run. The Survey maps it on the Iowa Falls West quadrangle.
On record in Iowa Falls Junction
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 12 of 18 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Iowa Falls Bridgelisted 1998 · 0.2 miles away
St. Matthew's by the Bridge Episcopal Churchlisted 1993 · 0.2 miles away
Ellsworth-Jones Buildinglisted 1993 · 0.3 miles away
McClanahan Blocklisted 1993 · 0.3 miles away
First National Banklisted 1993 · 0.3 miles away
Princess-Sweet Shoplisted 1993 · 0.3 miles away
Metropolitan Opera Houselisted 1975 · 0.3 miles away
W. R. C. Halllisted 1993 · 0.3 miles away
Sentinel Blocklisted 1993 · 0.3 miles away
Estes Park Band Shelllisted 1993 · 0.4 miles away
River Street Bridgelisted 1998 · 0.4 miles away
US Post Office-Iowa Fallslisted 1994 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Iowa Falls West quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Iowa Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Iowa Falls Junction between 2006 and 2014, burning about 145 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/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | I-35 MM 102, IA |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 11908 MM AVENUE, IOWA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Iowa Falls Junction: 6 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Falls Tile Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Alden Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Riekena Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Harms Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Iowa Falls Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Janssen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lyman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Slayton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stinson Excavating Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Falls | 0.8 miles | 9 | |
| Racine | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Alden | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Alden Station (historical) | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Macey | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Owasa | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Eagle City | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Robertson | 7.2 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122561552 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464135. 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.



