Rockaway, Iowa

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52069. The Survey maps it on the Preston quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Rockaway within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1935 USGS Miles quadrangle1:62500
1941 USGS Miles quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Preston quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Dubuque South quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings

Fires near this place

5 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Rockaway (historical) between 2003 and 2014, burning about 68 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	2

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
22 April 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
18 April 2014	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
23 March 2014	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
22 March 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
1 January 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	35 acres	Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson 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 Rockaway (historical): 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Indian Mines	Lead	Past Producer	Galena
Marvin Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Preston Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown	Lead	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Spragueville	2.4 miles	13
Van Buren	2.8 miles	13
Preston	3.6 miles	13
Springbrook	5.4 miles	13
Green Island	5.9 miles	15
Reeceville	6.3 miles	15
Miles	6.4 miles	13
Pleasant Creek	6.8 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464196. 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.