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Twin Springs, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. The Survey maps it on the Calmar quadrangle.

Twin Springs within Winneshiek County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Twin Springs between 2010 and 2020, burning about 276 acres in total. 1 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
Natural1

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
5 April 2020Debris and open burning40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 April 2020Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2019Debris and open burning25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources2472 175TH ST., CALMAR, IOWA
21 March 2015Naturalunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesRANDY KUENNEN FARM. 1322 315TH AVE, FORT ATKINSON,

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winneshiek County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Twin Springs: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bullerman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Buschman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ft Atkinson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kuhns QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Schmitz QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Steinlage QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Winneshiek 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
Festina0.6 miles11
Calmar4.0 miles12
Fort Atkinson4.1 miles12
Ossian5.2 miles12
Conover6.6 miles12
Spillville7.4 miles12
Nordness8.8 miles12
Jackson Junction9.2 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465352. 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.