BlockPort Louisa, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Port Louisa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52653. It stands on Michaels Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wapello quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1946 USGS Wapello quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Wapello quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Wapello quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Muscatine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
64 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Port Louisa between 1999 and 2017, burning about 4,833 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | DUFFUS |
| 21 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | CAMPFIRE 1 |
| 1 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | HEATH |
| 8 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | MCCAW |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandview | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Wapello | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Toolesboro | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Bard (historical) | 8.3 miles | 7 | |
| Letts | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Elrick Junction | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Oakville | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Newport | 10.7 miles | 11 |
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 Q122554497 | The 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 464283. 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.