BlockPrairiebell, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50169. The Survey maps it on the Runnells 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.
- 1930 USGS Mitchellville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Runnells quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Prairiebell between 1992 and 2017, burning about 94 acres in total. 1 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 | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge | BALE FIRE |
| 4 April 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge | 102/119 |
| 22 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 March 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge | CONSERV1 |
| 26 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge | DOGLEGBRIDGE |
| 26 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge | BISONROADEAST |
| 26 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge | BISONROADWEST |
| 26 March 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge | SWITCH1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie City | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Vandalia | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Colfax | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Oswalt | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Severs | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Valeria | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Goddard | 9.4 miles | 8 | |
| Green Castle | 9.4 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 Q122552628 | 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 464222. 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.