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Lyndale, Iowa

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52151. It stands on Erickson Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Church quadrangle.

Lyndale within Allamakee 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

10 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Lyndale between 2009 and 2019, burning about 110 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
7 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resources1903 DRY RIDGE DR. LANSING, IA 52151, IA
26 June 2012Debris and open burning15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2014Debris and open burning8.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2019Recreation and ceremony40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2019Recreation and ceremony20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2016Debris and open burning15 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesWATERVILLE FD
11 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural ResourcesRICHARD ROEDER, 345 HICKORY LANE, LANSING, IOWA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allamakee County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lyndale: 5 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Johnson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Allamakee 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
Dalby2.4 miles14
Village Creek2.7 miles18
Elon3.2 miles14
Thompson Corner3.6 miles18
Church4.7 miles14
Eldergrove5.3 miles19
Lansing5.6 miles18
Waterville6.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464637. 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.