Sibyl, Iowa

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Elk River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52732. It stands on Silver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clinton NW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sibyl 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.

1891 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:62500
1894 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1899 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000
1899 USGS Cordova quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1952 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Clinton NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Sibyl (historical) between 1996 and 2015, burning about 291 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	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
17 April 2015	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
17 April 1996	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge	SIMPSONTWO
31 March 2014	Recreation and ceremony	265 acres	Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge	THOMSON RNA
29 March 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	1120 432ND AVE, TEEDS GROVE, IA 52732, IOWA
10 November 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge	WARREN
8 October 2013	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge	SOUTH THOMSON FIRE
23 October 1999	Recreation and ceremony	2.6 acres	Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge	BOWHUNTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sibyl (historical): 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Doyle Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Jacobsen Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Lyons Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Thomson-Groharing Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bulgers Hollow	1.0 miles	19
Almont	1.9 miles	19
Elk River Junction	2.2 miles	19
Hauntown	3.6 miles	24
Andover	4.1 miles	16
Teeds Grove	5.4 miles	24
Lyons	5.7 miles	19
Sixmile	6.4 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465527. 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.