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Mines in Howard County, Iowa

Howard County, Iowa has 15 mines on MSHA's register: 1 intermittent, 14 abandoned. Inspectors have issued 22 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Howard County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Howard County →

Mines on register
15
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
22
0 underground · 15 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 15 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 14 abandoned
Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Howard County, Iowa · Population 9,459
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$67,336
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Welp & Mc Carten Inc 5 0 0
Bruening Rock Products Inc 3 0 0
Carlson Materials Company Inc 2 0 0
J F Pavlovec Rock Company Inc 1 0 0
JED Construction Rock & Sand LLC 1 0 0
Lorenz Tank Lime Company 1 0 0
Louie Balk Lime & Ready Mix Concrete Inc 1 0 0
Weaver Construction Company 1 0 0
Mines in Howard County15 on register
  1. JED Rock and Sand
    Surface metal/non-metal · JED Construction Rock & Sand LLC · MSHA ID 1302491
    Intermittent
  2. Albertson Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · J F Pavlovec Rock Company Inc · MSHA ID 1300886
    Abandoned
  3. Cecelia Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Welp & Mc Carten Inc · MSHA ID 1300265
    Abandoned
  4. Daley Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Welp & Mc Carten Inc · MSHA ID 1300449
    Abandoned
  5. Dotzler Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Welp & Mc Carten Inc · MSHA ID 1300243
    Abandoned
  6. Frederick Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carlson Materials Company Inc · MSHA ID 1301950
    Abandoned
  7. Leroy Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Welp & Mc Carten Inc · MSHA ID 1300447
    Abandoned
  8. Lorenz Tank Lime Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lorenz Tank Lime Company · MSHA ID 1300098
    Abandoned
  9. Maple Leaf Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Weaver Construction Company · MSHA ID 1301962
    Abandoned
  10. Mauer Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bruening Rock Products Inc · MSHA ID 1301936
    Abandoned
  11. Nelson Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bruening Rock Products Inc · MSHA ID 1300869
    Abandoned
  12. Reicks Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bruening Rock Products Inc · MSHA ID 1301857
    Abandoned
  13. Saratoga Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Welp & Mc Carten Inc · MSHA ID 1300400
    Abandoned
  14. Schley Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carlson Materials Company Inc · MSHA ID 1301610
    Abandoned
  15. Stinger Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Louie Balk Lime & Ready Mix Concrete Inc · MSHA ID 1300005
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.