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Pickwick, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52501. It stands on Kettle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ottumwa North quadrangle.

Pickwick within Wapello County

On record in Pickwick

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 12 of 18 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Wapello County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

27 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Pickwick between 2002 and 2018, burning about 119 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning9
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
13 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
4 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
11 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
4 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
31 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
11 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wapello County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Pickwick: 10 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Bear Creek QuarriesLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Can-Tex Industries Ottumwa PitClayProducer
Harrows Branch QuarriesLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Old City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ottumwa Brick and Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Wagner QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Materials Service PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ottumwa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rowell Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ulmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wapello 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
Ottumwa0.9 miles9
East Ottumwa2.1 miles9
Ottumwa Junction3.0 miles9
Phillips3.2 miles9
Rutledge3.6 miles9
Loch Burns3.8 miles9
Dahlonega4.3 miles9
Keb (historical)5.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465423. 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.