South Towne Park, Iowa
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Wilton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52778. The Survey maps it on the Wilton quadrangle.
On record in South Towne Park
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 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad-Wilton Depotlisted 1988 · 0.6 miles away
Wilton Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2016 · 0.6 miles away
Wilton Candy Kitchenlisted 1993 · 0.7 miles away
Leith, Doctor Alexander R. (A.R.) and Louisa J., Houselisted 2020 · 0.7 miles away
Nicolaus, Henry E. and Ella M. (Knott), Houselisted 2017 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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 Wilton Junction quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1901 USGS Stanwood quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Wilton Junction quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Iowa City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Wilton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of South Towne Park between 2011 and 2020, burning about 101 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2015 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of South Towne Park: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mc Killip Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilton | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Moscow | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Summit | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sweetland Center | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Stockton | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Prairie | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| Atalissa | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Kent Estates | 9.2 miles | 12 |
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 Q122569909 | The 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 2000537. 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.







