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Midland, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Riverside Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51246. The Survey maps it on the Edna quadrangle.

Midland within Lyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Midland: 9 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
HoganSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Holthusen Number OneSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pettengill Rock Rapids #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pettengill Rock ValleySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Pettengill-Riverside PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lyon 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
Rock Rapids5.2 miles7
Edna6.3 miles7
Lakewood (historical)9.5 miles7
Lakewood Corner9.8 miles7
George10.5 miles8
Little Rock11.7 miles7
Lester12.5 miles7
Alvord14.1 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464033. 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.

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.