BlockMills, Iowa
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Glenwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51534. The Survey maps it on the Pacific Junction quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Pacific Junction quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Pacific Junction quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
21 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Mills between 2009 and 2018, burning about 163 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | GLENWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| 12 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | GLENWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| 13 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | GLENWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| 22 April 2015 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mills: 1 past producer. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Junction Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Junction | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Glenwood | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pacific City | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hillsdale | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Balfour | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Folsom | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Burr Oak | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Hentons (historical) | 6.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464288. 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.