Rockingham, Iowa
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Davenport City. It lies in ZIP code area 52802. It lies near Credit Island. The Survey maps it on the Andalusia 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
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1912 USGS Milan quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1944 USGS Milan quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Milan quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Rockingham (historical) between 2008 and 2011, burning about 2 acres in total. 2 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 | 12 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | IDNR2 |
| 16 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | I280 11 |
| 11 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | IDNR |
| 6 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | CANAL |
| 30 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | UNION |
| 11 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | EAST |
| 5 July 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MILAN |
| 31 July 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MILAN3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Rockingham (historical): 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 plant. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linwood Lime Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Big Island Plant #51 Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Builders Sand and Gravel Co. Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| General Pit No. 3 Milan Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Allied Stone Plant #30 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Linwood Stone Products Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Martin Marietta-Buffalo Cement Plnt | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Milan Quarry, Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rock Island City Eng. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| U. S. Army Engineers | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nahant | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Chapel Hill (historical) | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Walnut Grove | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Black Hawk | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Linwood | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Jamestown | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Davenport | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Buffalo Heights | 4.4 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465341. 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.









