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Richard, Iowa

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50579. The Survey maps it on the Richard quadrangle.

Richard within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

11 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Richard between 2005 and 2019, burning about 100 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1

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
7 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 May 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2019Smokingunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 March 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 November 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 November 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Richard: 4 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bailey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Drennan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tapps PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Knierim4.3 miles8
Piper4.5 miles8
Rockwell City6.0 miles8
Somers6.3 miles8
Stimsons (historical)6.3 miles8
Rinard6.5 miles8
Twin Lakes6.9 miles8
Manson7.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 460609. 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.