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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.

Yellow River within Allamakee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

33 since 1992

Regional 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 use12
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesGRAPEVINE N FIRE
6 May 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 May 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 May 2000Other causesunder an acreEffigy Mounds National MonumentBURN BARN
6 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCIPRA WOODBURNER FIRE
5 April 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesEASTMAN RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allamakee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Lakeside Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Prairie Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pretitti PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Quality Sand & Gravel Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marquette QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Allamakee 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
Ion4.3 miles13
Waukon Junction4.5 miles19
Egan7.2 miles14
Sixteen7.3 miles14
Harpers Ferry8.0 miles19
Waterville10.1 miles14
Volney10.3 miles14
Eldergrove10.6 miles19

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.