BlockKimze, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Denison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51442. It stands on Coon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dow City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Dow City quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Kimze between 2009 and 2020, burning about 150 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Kimze: 9 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Arion Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ballantine Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Denison Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Denison Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Finley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Village | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Denison | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Arion | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Buck Grove | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Bell (historical) | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Kenwood | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Dow City | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Deloit | 8.0 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122598642 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464169. 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.