Valdora, Iowa

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Giard Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52159. The Survey maps it on the Giard quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Valdora within Clayton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

1903 USGS Waukon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Giard quadrangle1:24000
1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Decorah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Valdora (historical) in 2018, burning about 8 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	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
24 April 2018	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
1 April 2018	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clayton 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 Valdora (historical): 3 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Giard Land Claim	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Giard Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Gisleson Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mielke Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mohs Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Spook Cave	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Zurcher Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Clayton 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
Froelich	1.7 miles	13
Beulah	2.0 miles	13
Monona	3.0 miles	13
Giard	3.2 miles	13
Watson	3.6 miles	13
Giard Station (historical)	4.2 miles	13
Farmersburg	4.5 miles	12
National	5.9 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464087. 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.