Sugar Creek, Iowa

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52632. It stands on Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wayland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sugar Creek within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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.

1903 USGS Kahoka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1949 USGS Wayland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1950 USGS Wayland quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Keokuk quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

5 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Sugar Creek (historical) between 1992 and 2014, burning about 54 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	5

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
2 June 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
8 April 2014	Debris and open burning	50 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
17 April 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
15 March 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
20 January 1992	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sugar Creek (historical): 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Wayland Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Wayland Sand Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Lee 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
Mooar	3.7 miles	17
Buena Vista (historical)	4.1 miles	17
Summitville	5.4 miles	17
Keokuk	6.4 miles	17
Vincennes	7.0 miles	17
Sandusky	7.4 miles	17
Mount Clare	8.4 miles	15
Argyle	9.1 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464347. 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.