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Morningside, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Sioux City City. It lies in ZIP code area 51106. It sits by Floyds Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Sergeant Bluff quadrangle.

Morningside within Woodbury County

On record in Morningside

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 4 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

22 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Morningside between 2003 and 2018, burning about 518 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning6
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
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
9 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Woodbury County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Morningside: 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Ballou Pit and PlantClayProducer
UnknownClayUnknown
UnknownClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Woodbury 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
Regency of Sioux City1.2 miles12
Sioux City3.1 miles13
Holiday Village3.4 miles12
Springdale3.8 miles12
Glen Ellen4.0 miles12
Estates West4.3 miles12
Sergeant Bluff4.5 miles12
Leeds5.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 459241. 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.