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Sherton Heights, Iowa

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Pleasant Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52722. The Survey maps it on the Silvis quadrangle.

Sherton Heights within Scott County

On record in Sherton Heights

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Sherton Heights between 2008 and 2017, burning about 67 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
4 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesTREE
3 July 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources17-111
4 April 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesELDRIDGE
3 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesH AVE AND E 49, IA
29 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources22124 TERRITORIAL ROAD, IOWA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sherton Heights: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Le Claire QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Scott 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
Carriage Place0.1 miles21
Great Oaks0.3 miles21
Pleasant Valley1.6 miles21
Argo2.3 miles20
Panorama Park2.9 miles21
Riverdale3.7 miles21
Le Claire4.4 miles23
Bettendorf6.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464927. 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.