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Secor, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Eldora Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50627. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eldora quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Secor within Hardin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

23 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Secor (historical) between 2011 and 2020, burning about 321 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning10
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
31 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 June 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2013Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2018Debris and open burning18 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2018Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2015Debris and open burning25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Secor (historical): 9 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Eldora Pipe and Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Jonker Brick and Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Gifford QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hackney QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hardin Aggregates Sand Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lloyd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mccormick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hardin 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
Xenia0.5 miles9
Gifford1.9 miles9
Eldora3.7 miles9
Union4.5 miles9
Whitten4.9 miles9
Lawn Hill5.4 miles9
New Providence5.7 miles9
Steamboat Rock6.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464140. 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.