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New Era, Iowa

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Montpelier Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52761. The Survey maps it on the Illinois City quadrangle.

New Era within Muscatine County

On record in New Era

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of New Era between 2011 and 2013, burning about 52 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
3 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2013Debris and open burning50 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1687 HWY J-22, IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muscatine County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of New Era: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
Alteneder QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Hintermeister QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lindburg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Melpine QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Smokey Hollow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Muscatine 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
Pine Mills (historical)1.1 miles15
Fairport2.2 miles15
Midway Beach3.4 miles15
Pleasant Prairie4.2 miles15
Sweetland Center4.5 miles15
Montpelier4.5 miles15
Summit7.5 miles14
Petersburg8.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464666. 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.