BlockRock Creek, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cedar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50461. The Survey maps it on the Rudd quadrangle.
On record in Rock Creek
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Walnut Grove Schoollisted 2002 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rudd quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Charles City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Rock Creek between 2008 and 2016, burning about 29 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | OSAGE |
| 2 November 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rock Creek: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osage Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wrage Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Decklever Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Husselman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie (historical) | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Mitchell | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Osage | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Orchard | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Saint Ansgar | 9.9 miles | 7 | |
| Carpenter | 13.4 miles | 7 | |
| Little Cedar | 14.3 miles | 7 | |
| Toeterville | 14.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 460708. 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.