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Rossville, Iowa

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52172. The Survey maps it on the Rossville quadrangle. It stands 1,175 feet above sea level.

Rossville within Allamakee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

21 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Rossville between 2009 and 2020, burning about 306 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
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony2

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
4 May 2014Debris and open burning25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2019Recreation and ceremony25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesINTERSECTION OF YELLOW RIVER DRIVE AND FOREST MILL
26 April 2013Debris and open burning4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 April 2019Recreation and ceremony35 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allamakee County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Rossville: 4 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rossville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Allamakee County

Storms near this place

4 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rossville in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017Thunderstorm WindRossville1 hurt, $30,000A farmer sustained injuries when the barn he was doing chores in was blown down on top of him.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindRossville$400no account filed
July 2008HailRossville-no account filed
July 2000HailRossville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Allamakee 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
Maud2.6 miles14
Volney4.1 miles14
Waterville4.3 miles14
Egan5.1 miles14
Sixteen5.4 miles14
Elon5.8 miles14
Dalby7.5 miles14
Waukon7.7 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on RossvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7369933The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 460817. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.