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Lidtke Mill, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Forest City Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52155. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lime Springs quadrangle.

Lidtke Mill within Howard County

On record in Lidtke Mill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Lidtke Mill between 2006 and 2014, burning about 56 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2

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
15 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 May 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 October 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard 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 Lidtke Mill: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
GansenStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mauer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tank Lime QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Howard 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
Lime Springs1.1 miles7
Forest City (historical)2.6 miles7
Chester4.7 miles7
Bonair5.4 miles7
Davis Corners6.5 miles7
Florenceville8.1 miles7
Saratoga9.3 miles7
Cresco10.4 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464618. 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.