Category Archives: Maps

Aug 14

I-29 supersedes exit numbers in Council Bluffs

Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

August 2, 2016: These exits for IA 192 and 24th Street are becoming Exits 49 and 50, respectively, heading north on I-29, as the dual divided freeway project advances in Council Bluffs. The two exits on the shared I-29/80 segment … Continue reading →

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Jul 19

RAGBRAI not going through Ledges

Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

I think I’ll do a strikethru on my list of RAGBRAI towns for this case: Heavy flooding in central Iowa means RAGBRAI will not be going through Ledges State Park. Instead, riders will use part of the four-lane US 30 … Continue reading →

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Jul 09

Keokuk’s different climate zones

Posted on Monday, July 9, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The USDA’s Plant Hardiness Zone map “is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location,” the website explains. Three sub-zones — 4B, 5A, and 5B — cover Iowa except … Continue reading →

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Jul 05

Dubuque highway chronology, heavily revised and corrected

Posted on Thursday, July 5, 2018, at 10:06 AM by Jeff

Sometimes better information throws your settled pattern for a loop. Part of what I have stated on this website for IA 3’s history in Dubuque is wrong. The maps never would have distinguished the difference, but the online route description, … Continue reading →

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Jun 01

The end of Old Army Post Road

Posted on Friday, June 1, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

August 6, 2004: From 2002 to 2016, this view was looking east on Army Post Road to IA 28, whereupon the street changed designation to Old Army Post Road. IA 28 then “re-intersected” the new Army Post Road to the … Continue reading →

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Mar 27

Analysis of 2018 RAGBRAI map

Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

July 23, 2008: RAGBRAI passed through the center of Iowa (well, close enough) in 2008 and will again this year. The Register’s preview appears to be trying to tell me something. If you can locate Ute, Aspinwall, Dana, Peoria and … Continue reading →

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Feb 27

I’ve been nowhere, man

Posted on Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

April 26, 2017: Reconstructed Historic Dodge City, Kansas. Last week, the Washington Post found the middle of nowhere. Not surprisingly, it’s in northeast Montana. Kansans had something to say about six towns appearing on the three lists (of different population … Continue reading →

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Feb 19

Monowi, Nebraska, population 1

Posted on Monday, February 19, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The BBC goes to the smallest town in America, a bit over 100 miles west of Sioux City. No town in Iowa has a population in the single digits, at least since Donnan, population 7, disincorporated in 1991.

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Dec 18

Pinstripe still a southward bowl game, barely

Posted on Monday, December 18, 2017, at 10:01 AM by Jeff

This line from a rundown of bowl game watchability got me thinking. Most bowl games feature teams that got to go to a cool place. This does not—the game is played in Navy’s home stadium in Annapolis, and Virginia isn’t … Continue reading →

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Nov 15

Accident report site has a typo

Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Iowa State Patrol has a website that includes two weeks’ worth of official crash reports statewide. The site can be searched by date, type of accident, or county. There’s a map on the main page that shows how patrol … Continue reading →

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