BlockUnion Burg, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51559. It stands on Campbell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hard Scratch quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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
- 1978 USGS Hard Scratch quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Union Burg (historical) between 2008 and 2018, burning about 313 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 90 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Crisp | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Persia | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Beebeetown | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Hard Scratch | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Magill | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Orton | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Logan | 10.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465432. 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.