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Moneek, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bloomfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52133. The Survey maps it on the Frankville quadrangle.

Moneek within Winneshiek County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

14 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Moneek between 2013 and 2018, burning about 116 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
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
8 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesPOSTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT.
17 April 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesPOSTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT.
14 April 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winneshiek 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 Moneek: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Castalia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Christofferson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Held QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hughes QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Livingood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ludlow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Postville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Winneshiek 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
Frankville2.0 miles11
Castalia4.3 miles11
Junction (historical)5.2 miles11
Ossian7.5 miles12
Washington Prairie7.6 miles11
Nasset8.9 miles12
Nordness9.3 miles12
Thoten10.3 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122573270The 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 464057. 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.