BlockBefore

Ionia, Nebraska

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1994. It lies in ZIP code area 57025. It lies near Boy Scout Hill. The Survey maps it on the Burbank quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ionia within Dixon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Ionia (historical) between 2002 and 2020, burning about 104 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionDONNLLEY
24 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBURBANK
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHWY 11
5 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHECK
4 July 2007Fireworksunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
20 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionCURRY
8 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSMALL
23 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionI-29 23

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dixon County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ionia (historical): 2 producers. All of them 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kneifl Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schram Lime QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dixon 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
Lembke Landing1.1 miles19
Newcastle5.1 miles19
Ponca8.3 miles20
Maskell10.8 miles19
Martinsburg11.4 miles18
Lime Grove11.6 miles19
Waterbury14.7 miles9
Allen17.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1759801. 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.