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Thompson Corner, Iowa

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lafayette Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52146. The Survey maps it on the Lansing quadrangle.

Thompson Corner within Allamakee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Thompson Corner between 2009 and 2018, burning about 64 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
26 June 2012Debris and open burning15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2014Debris and open burning8.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 April 2018Debris and open burning20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2016Debris and open burning15 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesWATERVILLE FD
16 February 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allamakee County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Thompson Corner: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brazell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pedritti QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wexford QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Allamakee 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Eldergrove1.9 miles19
Dalby2.3 miles14
Village Creek3.0 miles18
Lyndale3.6 miles14
Elon4.9 miles14
Waterville5.4 miles14
Harpers Ferry6.1 miles19
Lansing6.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464778. 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.