Lowther Station, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Afton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50466. The Survey maps it on the Riceville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lowther Station within Howard County

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.

1954 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Riceville quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Charles City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Lowther Station (historical) between 2008 and 2011, burning about 18 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/undetermined	3

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
23 May 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	1975 ADDISON AVE, IA
14 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lowther Station (historical): 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Frederick Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Riceville	4.0 miles	7
Elma	6.2 miles	7
Saratoga	6.4 miles	7
Maple Leaf	6.7 miles	7
Davis Corners	11.6 miles	7
Lourdes	11.7 miles	7
Chester	14.2 miles	7
Lime Springs	14.9 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464054. 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.