BlockSaxon, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50060. The Survey maps it on the Humeston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1934 USGS Corydon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Humeston quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Corydon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Leon quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Humeston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
21 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Saxon between 2006 and 2020, burning about 452 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 60TH & KING IN WAYNE CO., IA |
| 4 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464328. 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.