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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.

Washington Mills within Dubuque County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

6 since 2009

Regional 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1

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
30 August 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 July 2012Smoking5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2018Debris and open burning9.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dubuque County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Zwingle Mines and OccurrencesZinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Bernard QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lytle Creek DiggingsLeadOccurrenceGalena
Lytle Creek DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Otter Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
ProspectLeadOccurrenceGalena
Thole QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dubuque 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
Bernard2.7 miles15
Bennettsville (historical)5.0 miles19
Zwingle5.0 miles19
Fillmore7.2 miles15
Ballyclough9.3 miles20
Pleasant Grove9.8 miles14
Peosta11.0 miles15
Key West11.5 miles20

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 MillsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28912574The 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.