BlockMerrimac, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52654. The Survey maps it on the Trenton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Trenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Muscatine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Merrimac between 2009 and 2020, burning about 296 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Merrimac: 5 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bain Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Anderson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Baldosier Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Germanville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germanville | 2.9 miles | 7 | |
| Lockridge | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Salina | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| East Pleasant Plain | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Pleasant Plain | 8.5 miles | 7 | |
| Beckwith | 9.4 miles | 7 | |
| Perlee | 9.8 miles | 7 | |
| Glasgow | 10.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464652. 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.