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Jackson, Iowa

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Cass Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52205. It stands on Helmer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Anamosa NE quadrangle.

Jackson within Jones County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

10 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Jackson between 2007 and 2009, burning about 76 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/undetermined10

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
5 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jones County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Jackson: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, 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
Weber Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dearborn QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Penitentiary QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Weber Mine and MillStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionProducer
Weber Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionProducer
Champion #2 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Chas Zimmer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Finn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gold Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jones 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
Stone City2.8 miles14
Cass (historical)2.8 miles14
Anamosa4.8 miles14
Fairview5.4 miles14
Langworthy7.3 miles15
Downers Grove (historical)7.3 miles14
Castle Grove (historical)7.6 miles12
Argand (historical)8.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464184. 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.