Union Mills, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50207. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Union Mills quadrangle.

Union Mills 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.

1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Union Mills quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Union Mills between 2009 and 2015, burning about 145 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	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2

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
9 April 2014	Debris and open burning	40 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
7 April 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 April 2015	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 April 2014	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
30 March 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	120TH & RUTLEDGE, IA
28 March 2015	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
16 March 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	39 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mahaska County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Union Mills: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Miller Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Neska	4.3 miles	7
New Sharon	4.4 miles	7
Lacey	5.1 miles	7
Spring Valley	5.3 miles	7
Agricola (historical)	6.0 miles	7
Barnes City	6.7 miles	8
Indianapolis	8.2 miles	7
Taintor	9.5 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464781. 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.