Wise, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50648. The Survey maps it on the Jesup quadrangle.

Wise within Buchanan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1971 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Marshalltown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

13 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Wise between 2006 and 2020, burning about 193 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	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Equipment and vehicle use	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
7 August 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
31 August 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
8 May 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 April 2020	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
4 April 2020	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
29 April 2018	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
28 April 2015	Debris and open burning	65 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
16 April 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Buchanan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Wise: 8 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Bloom Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Fox Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Franta Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Jacobsen Farm	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Greenley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Quality P M Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Buchanan 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
Jesup	2.2 miles	9
Littleton	3.5 miles	9
Otterville	4.4 miles	12
Vista	5.1 miles	11
Independence	7.1 miles	11
Shady Grove	7.2 miles	9
Bryantsburg	8.9 miles	12
Gatesville	10.5 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464153. 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.