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Parkhurst, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Scott Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52240. The Survey maps it on the West Liberty SW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Parkhurst within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

27 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Parkhurst (historical) between 2006 and 2017, burning about 487 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
6 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 June 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 June 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resources4733 HWY 6 SE, IOWA CITY, IOWA
20 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2013Debris and open burning1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural ResourcesWEST BRANCH FIRE DEPT.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson 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
Midway (historical)2.2 miles11
Breckenridge Estates3.2 miles11
Graham (historical)5.6 miles14
Oasis6.9 miles14
Iowa City7.9 miles19
Hills8.0 miles16
Elmira8.2 miles14
Lone Tree8.3 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465348. 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.