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Saint Joseph, Iowa

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Riverdale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50519. The Survey maps it on the Saint Joseph quadrangle.

Saint Joseph within Kossuth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Saint Joseph between 2009 and 2011, burning about 19 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/undetermined4

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
30 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources100TH & 130TH, IA
21 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1718 120TH ST., IOWA
30 November 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1339 140TH AVE. , IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kossuth County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Saint Joseph: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
Basselor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Insko PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sec Ii T94 R29 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kossuth 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
Galbraith5.9 miles8
Irvington6.7 miles8
Lu Verne8.1 miles8
Algona10.8 miles8
Hanna11.2 miles8
Hobarton11.2 miles7
Saint Benedict12.2 miles7
Sexton13.8 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 461082. 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.