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Monterey, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Fabius Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52537. The Survey maps it on the West Grove quadrangle.

Monterey within Davis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

15 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Monterey between 2006 and 2020, burning about 385 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 2020Debris and open burning27 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources33284 582ND ST. MOULTON, IA, IA
11 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 March 2020Arson/incendiarism30 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 March 2020Debris and open burning116 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Davis County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Monterey: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc. 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
Orill HoleZincPast ProducerSphalerite

Every working recorded in Davis 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
Russellville (historical)2.4 miles7
Mark4.1 miles7
West Grove5.2 miles7
Savannah7.3 miles7
Lunsford8.8 miles7
Paris9.4 miles7
Bloomfield11.5 miles10
Drakesville11.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 459190. 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.