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Shaffton, Iowa

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Camanche Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52730. It stands on Sodus Creek. The Survey maps it on the Camanche quadrangle.

Shaffton within Clinton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

22 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Shaffton between 2006 and 2020, burning about 121 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources17-117
5 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesREAR OF 2103 7TH AVE, CAMANCHE, IA
12 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2015Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Shaffton: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Princeton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shaffton QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Albany-Cordova Plant #1 DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shaffton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clinton 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
Folletts1.3 miles21
Low Moor3.4 miles19
Chaney (historical)3.7 miles19
Camanche4.6 miles19
Ramessa (historical)5.6 miles18
Malone7.0 miles18
Clinton Stock Yards7.1 miles19
Elvira7.2 miles19

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.

Wikidata item Q122541533The 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 464740. 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.