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North Bellevue, Iowa

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bellevue Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52031. It stands on Bellevue Slough. The Survey maps it on the Bellevue quadrangle.

North Bellevue within Jackson County

On record in North Bellevue

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

8 surveys from 18 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

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of North Bellevue between 2006 and 2018, burning about 254 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2

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
28 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 March 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFIRST
18 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of North Bellevue: 16 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc. 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
Bellevue Clay Products Co. PitClayPast Producer
Indian Mound MineLead, ZincPast Producer1917, 1919
Royal Princess MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Bellevue Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kueter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Little Gem Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Royal Princess MineZinc, LeadPast Producer1903, 1910
Theodore Volquaidts ProspectZincOccurrence1966
Theodore Volquaidts ProspectZincProspect
Bellevue QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Bellevue1.5 miles18
Smiths3.1 miles18
Pleasant Creek6.1 miles13
Saint Donatus8.0 miles19
Springbrook8.2 miles13
Cottonville9.3 miles17
La Motte10.0 miles19
Green Island10.5 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122558462The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464194. 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.