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Kidder, Iowa

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Taylor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52045. It stands on Hogans Branch. The Survey maps it on the Epworth quadrangle.

Kidder within Dubuque County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

19 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Kidder between 2009 and 2018, burning about 78 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking1

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
19 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2017Debris and open burning1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dubuque 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 Kidder: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Koopman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
RoadcutPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
RoadcutPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mauser FarmStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dubuque 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
Epworth1.3 miles14
Lattnerville2.8 miles14
Graf3.6 miles15
Bankston4.2 miles15
Peosta4.2 miles15
Farley4.4 miles12
Centralia4.8 miles15
Pleasant Grove5.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464162. 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.