Millville, Iowa
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Millville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52035. It lies near Cherry Valley. The Survey maps it on the Turkey River quadrangle. 30 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 627 feet above sea level.
On record in Millville
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 1 record
Round Barn, Millville Townshiplisted 1986
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1902 USGS Elkader quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Turkey River quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Oelwein quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Millville between 2006 and 2018, burning about 222 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | McGregor District, Upper Mississippi River Complex | TURKEY BOTTOMS |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 165 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | TURKEY RIVER |
| 16 April 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.5 acres | McGregor District, Upper Mississippi River Complex | TURKEY RIVER ARSON |
| 14 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Millville: 10 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hintz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Outcrop | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Burtletts Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Lunders Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Anderegg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Boege Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kickbush Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Osterdock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millville in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Millville | $120,000 | East of Millville, 8.25 inches of rain fell. |
| July 2011 | Flood | Millville | $5,000 | Rising waters from the Little Turkey River went over parts of Graham Road near U.S. Highway 52 in Millville. Some of the rising water also went into the basements of some homes. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Millville | - | The public reported nickel sized hail 2 miles west of Cassville. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Millville | - | Walnut sized hail was reported in Millville. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millville | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Millville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey River | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Snefs | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Osterdock | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Guttenberg | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| North Buena Vista | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Fairview | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Updegraff | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ceres | 10.2 miles | 12 |
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 Millville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1928404 | 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 459117. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






