Shepard, Iowa

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50830. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arispe quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Shepard within Union 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.

1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Arispe quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Mount Ayr quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

23 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Shepard (historical) between 2007 and 2015, burning about 283 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 burning	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

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
23 August 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
31 July 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
8 June 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 April 2013	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
22 April 2014	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
2 April 2013	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 April 2014	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Shepard (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Afton-Lacena Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Spring Valley Lake	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Union 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Afton Junction (historical)	2.4 miles	11
Talmage	3.4 miles	11
Afton	3.5 miles	11
Arispe	4.5 miles	8
Thayer	6.1 miles	11
Monette	7.8 miles	11
Shannon City	8.4 miles	8
East Creston	10.7 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464293. 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.