Nashville, Iowa
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Monmouth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52060. The Survey maps it on the Baldwin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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 Baldwin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1901 USGS Peosta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Baldwin quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque South quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Nashville between 2009 and 2015, burning about 62 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1450 50TH AVE, IOWA |
| 18 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Nashville: 6 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Flagstone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maquoketa Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Main Baldwin Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | Galena | |
| Unknown | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Bloore Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Schwenker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Wirth Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckhorn | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Millrock | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Baldwin | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Monmouth | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Ironhills | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| West Iron Hills | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Hurstville | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| East Iron Hills | 6.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 459438. 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.







