BlockMount Joy, Iowa
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Sheridan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52806. The Survey maps it on the Davenport East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1891 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1901 USGS Rock Island quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1910 USGS Rock Island quadrangle1:125000
- 1949 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Davenport East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Davenport East quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Davenport East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Mount Joy between 2006 and 2019, burning about 2,202 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 | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | H AVE AND E 49, IA |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mount Joy in 2 storm reports in 1995: 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1995 | Hail | Mount Joy | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Mount Joy | - | Dime-size hail fell from thunderstorms during this event, but no damage was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeview Park | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Eldridge | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Green Acres | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Park View | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Probstei | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Long Grove | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Davenport | 6.3 miles | 20 | |
| Lakewood Park | 6.4 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 459308. 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.
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.