Washington Mills, Iowa
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Prairie Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52032. The Survey maps it on the Bernard quadrangle. It stands 817 feet above sea level.
On record in Washington Mills
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Washington Mill Bridgelisted 1998 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1901 USGS Peosta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Bernard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque South quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Washington Mills between 2009 and 2020, burning about 32 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2012 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Washington Mills: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zwingle Mines and Occurrences | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Bernard Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lytle Creek Diggings | Lead | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Lytle Creek Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Otter Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Prospect | Lead | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Thole Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Bennettsville (historical) | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Zwingle | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Fillmore | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Ballyclough | 9.3 miles | 20 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Peosta | 11.0 miles | 15 | |
| Key West | 11.5 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Washington Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28912574 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464793. 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.






