Yellow River, Iowa
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fairview Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52146. It sits by Eagle Rock. The Survey maps it on the Prairie du Chien quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1903 USGS Waukon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Prairie Du Chien quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Prairie Du Chien quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Prairie Du Chien quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Prairie Du Chien quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Decorah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Yellow River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 170 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GRAPEVINE N FIRE |
| 6 May 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 May 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 May 2000 | Other causes | under an acre | Effigy Mounds National Monument | BURN BARN |
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CIPRA WOODBURNER FIRE |
| 5 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | EASTMAN RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Yellow River: 5 unknowns, 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own Crews | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Own Crews | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Lakeside Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Prairie Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pretitti Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Quality Sand & Gravel Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Marquette Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ion | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Waukon Junction | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Egan | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Sixteen | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Harpers Ferry | 8.0 miles | 19 | |
| Waterville | 10.1 miles | 14 | |
| Volney | 10.3 miles | 14 | |
| Eldergrove | 10.6 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464060. 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.









