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Tioga, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in White Oak Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52586. It stands on Snyder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rose Hill quadrangle.

Tioga within Mahaska County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Tioga between 2011 and 2018, burning about 72 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
28 April 2018Debris and open burning40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural ResourcesHWY 92 & 112TH AVE, IA
16 April 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources210TH & ZEPHER AVE, IA
6 March 2017Arson/incendiarism25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mahaska County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Tioga: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
Delta QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Knowler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Upton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mahaska 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
Rose Hill2.7 miles7
Exeelsior (historical)5.5 miles7
Fremont5.9 miles8
Keomah Village6.1 miles7
Wright6.4 miles7
Indianapolis6.9 miles7
Cedar8.0 miles7
Spring Valley8.8 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464270. 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.