Nanito, Iowa

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Grand River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50849. The Survey maps it on the Arbor Hill quadrangle.

Nanito within Adair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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 Greenfield quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Arbor Hill quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Creston 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 Nanito between 2006 and 2018, burning about 42 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	3
Debris and open burning	3

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
7 April 2018	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
22 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
20 April 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
15 April 2016	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	STUART FIRE DEPT.
22 March 2018	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
19 March 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	1852 STUART RD, HARRISON TWP, IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adair County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nanito: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
	Ninety-Two Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Ramsey Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Adair 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
Stanzel	1.5 miles	10
Arbor Hill	3.8 miles	10
Hebron	4.2 miles	10
Howe	7.6 miles	10
Zion	7.9 miles	9
Rosserdale	8.9 miles	10
Greenfield	9.1 miles	10
Lemont (historical)	9.6 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464245. 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.