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Wilkins, Iowa

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Mosalem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52003. The Survey maps it on the Menominee quadrangle.

Wilkins within Dubuque County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Wilkins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
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 July 2012Smokingunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2020Debris and open burning4.2 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2020Debris and open burning4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 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

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Wilkins: 17 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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
Little Corporal MineLead, Zinc, IronPast Producer
Bullfrog MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Dubuque Sand and Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
ExcavationPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Jones PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
OutcropPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
White Rose MinesZinc, LeadPast Producer
Betsy MineZinc, LeadUnknown1908, 1913
Little Corporal MineZinc, LeadUnknown1903, 1917
Merry Widow MineZinc, LeadUnknown1907, 1917

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
King2.7 miles20
Massey2.7 miles20
Shawondasse3.4 miles20
Cattese6.0 miles20
South Switch Junction7.2 miles20
Key West8.0 miles20
Rockdale8.2 miles20
Dubuque9.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464804. 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.