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Lore, Iowa

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52002. The Survey maps it on the Sherrill quadrangle. It stands 1,063 feet above sea level.

Lore within Dubuque County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

12 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Lore between 2007 and 2018, burning about 20 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2015Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 March 2018Smoking4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 March 2018Debris and open burning1.0 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

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Lore: 17 past producers, 7 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Bonson MineZinc, Lead, IronPast ProducerGalena, Limonite, Sphalerite
Brugh and Amsden MineZinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Durango Drybone Mine Ewing DiggingsLead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Smithsonite
Levens Mine North Langworthy MineLead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Beecher West Dubuque QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Browns Bottom Wash Plant PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kemp QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Klein QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Treester QuarryStone, 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
Budd1.3 miles16
Twin Springs2.2 miles16
Asbury2.6 miles16
Julien2.8 miles15
Durango3.2 miles16
Centralia3.7 miles15
Five Points3.9 miles16
Graf4.2 miles15

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 Q123036875The 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 458616. 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.