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What Cheer at a glance
- County
- Keokuk County
- County seat
- Sigourney
- Population
- 607
- Keokuk County population
- 10,033
- Local records
- Keokuk County offices
- ZIP codes
- 50268
About What Cheer public records
What Cheer in ZIP code 50268 keeps its own council and town business records. The Keokuk County offices are in Sigourney, the county seat. Our Keokuk County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in What Cheer
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
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What is on record in What Cheer
- Old mine sites
- 1
- Past producers, now closed
- 1
- Main minerals
- Clay, Bituminous
- Holes drawn on the old survey maps
- 3
- Shafts and tunnels
- 0
- What they are
- clay pit
- Maps surveyed
- 1965
- Sources
- USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features
Is an old working under a property here?
The mine records hold 1 mine site inside the city or town limits: 1 past producer, now closed; the old survey maps add 3 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is Clay, Bituminous.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Coal was mined in Iowa from the 1840s to 1994.
Iowa mine map and abandoned mine records
- Iowa DNR Iowa Coal Mines mapWeb map of known historic coal mine sites with address search, mine name and site ID search, mine maps and mine information.
- Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Abandoned Mine Land ReclamationThe Mines and Minerals Bureau program for Iowa's 300 plus AML sites and 13,000 acres of abandoned coal mines, mostly in southeast Iowa.
- Iowa DNR, About Iowa Coal Mining and Coal Mine DataHow the coal mine records came from the Office of State Mine Inspectors (1884 to 1973) to the Iowa Geological Survey and into the map.
Named workings recorded in What Cheer (1 shown, 3 unnamed on the map)
What Cheer sits over the Western Region coal field and the coal there is medium and high volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this town. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by Iowa DNR Iowa Coal Mines map and linked below.
Iowa abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
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Voter registration in Iowa is run by the Iowa Secretary of State, and the county auditor keeps the roll for What Cheer. You can register online, by mail or in person. Pre registration closes 15 days before the election; you may also register and vote on election day at the polling place for your address with proof of identity and residence.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in What Cheer, Iowa?
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Iowa come from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Health Statistics. The fee is $20.00 for each certified copy. County Recorders can issue certified copies of all Iowa births from 1986 to the present and of deaths and marriages from 1954 to the present; earlier records come from the county where the event occurred.
How do I look up property records in What Cheer, Iowa?
Deeds for property in What Cheer are recorded by the county recorder, the local assessor sets the assessed value, and the county treasurer sends the tax bill. Our Keokuk County page lists those offices.
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