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Old Tripoli, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Frederika Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50676. It stands on East Fork Wapsipinicon River. The Survey maps it on the Tripoli quadrangle.

Old Tripoli within Bremer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

15 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Old Tripoli between 2011 and 2020, burning about 69 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 burning10
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1

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
8 April 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resources1357 SABLE SUMNER, IA 50674, IA
11 April 2014Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bremer County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Old Tripoli: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Frederika QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Harms PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Bremer 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
Tripoli1.3 miles9
Frederika4.5 miles9
Spring Fountain4.5 miles9
Seigel4.9 miles9
Knittel7.7 miles10
Artesian7.7 miles10
Bremer7.8 miles9
Buck Creek8.1 miles9

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 Q122557903The 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 465354. 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.