Sycamore Village, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50022. It stands on Troublesome Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wiota quadrangle.
On record in Sycamore Village
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 8 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Job A. and Rebecca E. McWaid Houselisted 1994 · 0.2 miles away
S. F. Martin Houselisted 1984 · 0.3 miles away
Atlantic High Schoollisted 2002 · 0.7 miles away
Hotel Whitneylisted 2016 · 0.8 miles away
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Depotlisted 1994 · 0.8 miles away
American Legion Memorial Buildinglisted 2006 · 0.9 miles away
Cass County Court Houselisted 2003 · 0.9 miles away
Charles F. and and Ruth Chase Houselisted 1999 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Wiota quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Sycamore Village between 2009 and 2017, burning about 70 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 63234 GREAT RIVER RD, ATLANTIC, IOWA |
| 28 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | ATLANTIC FIRE DEPT. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sycamore Village: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Seventy-One Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Atlantic Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mcdermott Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Grove City (historical) | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lorah | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Wiota | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Marne | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Norway Center | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Lewis | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Indiantown (historical) | 8.8 miles | 10 |
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 Q122544738 | 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 1969071. 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.





