Quilhart, Iowa

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Douglas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50021. The Survey maps it on the Des Moines NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Quilhart within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1905 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:62500
1907 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Des Moines NE quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Quilhart (historical) between 2011 and 2017, burning about 54 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/undetermined	3
Debris and open burning	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
6 February 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
19 February 2017	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
31 October 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	50 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	6570 NE 102ND AVE, IA
13 October 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Quilhart (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Berwick Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Enterprise	0.9 miles	16
White Oak	3.0 miles	16
Oralabor	3.2 miles	16
Berwick	3.8 miles	16
Bondurant	3.9 miles	12
Ankeny	3.9 miles	16
Carney	4.2 miles	16
Saylor Station	4.3 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464211. 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.