BlockMidway Beach, Iowa
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Montpelier Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52761. The Survey maps it on the Montpelier quadrangle. It stands 571 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1916 USGS Edgington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1938 USGS Edgington quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Edgington quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Midway Beach in 2011, burning about 1 acre 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/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 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1687 HWY J-22, IA |
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 Midway Beach: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alteneder Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Cargill Salt Terminal Sa | Salt | Producer | ||
| Davenport Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lindburg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Smokey Hollow 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montpelier | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Mills (historical) | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| New Era | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Fairport | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Prairie | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Petersburg | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Sweetland Center | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Stockton | 9.3 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Midway Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6843266 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 459069. 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.