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Millrock, Iowa

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Monmouth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52207. It stands on Beers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Baldwin quadrangle.

Millrock within Jackson County

On record in Millrock

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

23 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Millrock between 2007 and 2018, burning about 90 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 July 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 April 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1450 50TH AVE, IOWA
18 April 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Millrock: 8 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Limestone, Dimension, Flagstone. 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
Maquoketa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
UnknownFlagstonePast Producer
Baldwin MinesLeadPast ProducerGalena
Main Baldwin DiggingsLeadPast ProducerGalena
UnknownLeadPast Producer
Bloore QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schwenker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Baldwin1.3 miles17
Monmouth2.6 miles17
Nashville3.0 miles17
Buckhorn4.6 miles17
West Iron Hills6.5 miles17
Emeline6.9 miles17
Ironhills7.0 miles17
Ozark (historical)7.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464197. 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.