Summit, Iowa

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Moscow Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52761. The Survey maps it on the Wilton quadrangle.

Summit within Muscatine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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 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 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Summit between 2013 and 2015, burning about 116 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	11
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
22 September 2013	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
10 September 2013	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
31 May 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
24 May 2013	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 April 2014	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
4 April 2015	Smoking	3.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
3 April 2013	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
28 April 2013	Debris and open burning	50 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muscatine 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 Summit: 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
Melpine Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Mc Killip Farm Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Muscatine 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
Sweetland Center	3.0 miles	15
Kent Estates	4.0 miles	12
South Towne Park	5.4 miles	14
Wilton	5.5 miles	14
Moscow	5.6 miles	14
Muscatine	5.9 miles	12
Dayfield (historical)	7.5 miles	9
New Era	7.5 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465517. 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.