BlockMagill, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51570. It stands on East Branch Keg Creek. The Survey maps it on the Persia 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
- 1978 USGS Persia quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Magill between 2015 and 2016, burning about 192 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | MINDEN FIRE DEPT. |
| 31 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Magill: 1 unknown. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Persia | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Union Burg (historical) | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Crisp | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hard Scratch | 12.8 miles | 8 | |
| Beebeetown | 13.3 miles | 8 | |
| Orton | 16.9 miles | 8 | |
| Logan | 17.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464203. 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.