BlockRedman, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in York Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52225. The Survey maps it on the Belle Plaine quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Belle Plaine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Grinnell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Redman (historical) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 468 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | KOSZTA RIVER BRIDGE |
| 4 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 250 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | MORMON GROUND |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2810 330TH ST., IA |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1/2 MILE NORTH 3235 310TH ST. ELBERON, IA, IA |
| 16 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | ELBERON |
| 31 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | WAGNER ROADSIDE |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465546. 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.