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Quarry, Iowa

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50003. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Adel quadrangle.

Quarry within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Quarry between 2009 and 2014, burning about 36 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2

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
3 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 March 2014Debris and open burning1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 March 2014Debris and open burning25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas 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 Quarry: 10 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
De Soto Brick and Tile WorksClayPast Producer
Earlham QuarryClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bear Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bear Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Earlham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
I-80 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas 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
Garretville0.7 miles14
De Soto3.7 miles14
Kennedy5.9 miles14
Van Meter6.7 miles11
Adel6.8 miles14
Wiscotta6.9 miles14
Redfield7.5 miles14
Dexter7.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464210. 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.