BlockJay, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50275. It stands on Victory Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woodburn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS New Virginia quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS New Virginia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Woodburn quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Jay between 2015 and 2020, 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 March 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville (historical) | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Liberty | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Ottawa | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Woodburn | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Jamison | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Osceola | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Smyrna | 11.4 miles | 7 | |
| Groveland (historical) | 14.0 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464594. 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.