Johnson, Iowa

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Scotch Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52310. It stands on Prairie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Scotch Grove quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Johnson within Jones County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1891 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1900 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1900 USGS Farley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Scotch Grove quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Johnson (historical) between 2007 and 2015, burning about 36 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	4
Debris and open burning	2

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
23 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
23 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
21 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
20 March 2015	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
12 March 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
9 January 2012	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not 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 Johnson (historical): 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Finn Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Occurrence	Lead	Occurrence	Galena
Doll Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Finn Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Gray Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Hutton Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Jacobs Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Judas Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Oeschger Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Onslow	3.1 miles	15
Center Junction	3.7 miles	15
Ebys Mill	3.8 miles	15
Scotch Grove	4.3 miles	15
Dales Ford	4.8 miles	15
Clay Mills	5.3 miles	17
Edinburg	5.5 miles	15
Springhole	5.9 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465531. 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.