Mount Carmel, Iowa

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Kniest Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51401. The Survey maps it on the Breda quadrangle.

Mount Carmel within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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.

1954 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Breda quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Carroll quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Carroll quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Mount Carmel between 2006 and 2018, burning about 130 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Debris and open burning	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
21 April 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
16 April 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 October 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	80 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	22373 150TH ST. CARROLL, IA, IA
4 October 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	40 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	140TH ST AND NOBLE AVE NORTH OF CARROLL, IA, IA
25 October 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.5 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	150TH ST. AND KITTYHAWK AVE. NORTH OF CARROLL, IA,
15 October 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll 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 Mount Carmel: 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
	Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Carroll 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Maple River	3.9 miles	8
Breda	4.1 miles	8
Kentner	4.6 miles	8
Carroll	6.4 miles	8
Lidderdale	6.9 miles	8
Arcadia	8.6 miles	8
Roselle	10.5 miles	8
Halbur	10.6 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 459285. 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.