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Noel, Iowa

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Winfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52756. The Survey maps it on the De Witt quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Noel within Scott County

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

9 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Noel (historical) between 2009 and 2015, burning about 98 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
20 April 2014Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 April 2015Debris and open burning15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2015Debris and open burning20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2015Debris and open burning8.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 March 2014Debris and open burning30 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 November 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Noel (historical): 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Piggott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
King QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
M EppingStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mccausland Plant #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Techau Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Scott 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
Gambrill (historical)3.0 miles15
Long Grove3.7 miles18
Park View4.6 miles18
Donahue5.9 miles18
Eldridge6.4 miles18
McCausland7.9 miles20
Mount Joy9.5 miles20
New Dixon9.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465187. 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.