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Maine, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Taylor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52571. The Survey maps it on the Hiattsville quadrangle.

Maine within Appanoose County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Maine between 2009 and 2018, burning about 28 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/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 January 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Appanoose County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Maine: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
Centerville No. 2 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Moravia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Appanoose County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maine in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019HailMaine$5,000Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail and damage to their vehicle.
June 2014Heavy RainMaine-Rainfall from storm over the past 24 hours was 2.5 inches.
March 2023HailMaine-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Appanoose 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
Darbyville2.8 miles9
Hiattsville3.4 miles9
Moravia3.4 miles9
Rathbun4.1 miles9
Walnut City5.4 miles9
Clarkdale5.4 miles9
Iconium5.5 miles9
Forbush6.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464639. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.