Ozark, Iowa

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Brandon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52309. It lies near Goose Rock. The Survey maps it on the Leisure Lake quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ozark within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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.

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 Leisure Lake quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Dubuque South quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings

Fires near this place

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Ozark (historical) between 2007 and 2014, burning about 5 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/undetermined	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Debris and open burning	1

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
12 April 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
21 March 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
12 March 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
10 January 2012	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson 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 Ozark (historical): 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Gillespie Farm Diggings	Lead	Past Producer	Galena
Mineral Creek Diggings	Lead	Past Producer	Galena
Canton Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Crabtown Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Judas Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mo-Keta Stone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
East Canton	1.2 miles	17
Emeline	2.3 miles	17
Ozark	2.6 miles	17
Crab Town	3.8 miles	17
West Iron Hills	4.5 miles	17
Monmouth	5.6 miles	17
Ironhills	5.6 miles	17
Baldwin	6.0 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465430. 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.