Kemper, Iowa

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Concordia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52601. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lomax quadrangle.

Kemper within Des Moines County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1932 USGS Lomax quadrangle1:62500
1937 USGS Lomax quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Lomax quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Kemper in 2013, burning about 35 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	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 April 2013	Debris and open burning	35 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Des Moines County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Kemper: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Burlington Quarries	Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Granite Brick Co. Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Spring Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Kemper Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Miller-Ervin Quarries	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Prospect Hill Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Sullivan Slough Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Des Moines 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
Patterson	0.9 miles	17
Oak Hills	1.7 miles	17
Spring Grove	1.9 miles	17
Skunk River	4.3 miles	17
Burlington	4.4 miles	18
West Burlington	5.9 miles	17
Augusta	8.1 miles	11
Beaverdale	8.4 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464319. 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.