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Mines in Kossuth County, Iowa

Kossuth County, Iowa has 9 mines on MSHA's register: 4 intermittent, 5 abandoned. 3 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1987 and 1988. Inspectors have issued 108 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Kossuth 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 Kossuth County →

Mines on register
9
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
108
0 underground · 9 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 9 metal and non-metal 4 intermittent 5 abandoned 3 reported accidents, 1987–1988
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.
Kossuth County, Iowa · Population 14,610
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$65,656
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
Reding's Gravel & Excavating Co. 2 0 0
Stratford Gravel, Inc 2 0 0
Erpelding Excavating Enterprise Corporation 1 0 0
Giese Construction Company Inc 1 0 0
Hoien Gravel Company 1 0 0
Kossuth County Highway Department 1 0 0
Mark T Mcguire Custom Grading 1 0 0
Mines in Kossuth County9 on register
  1. Portable Plant #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Stratford Gravel, Inc · MSHA ID 1302422
    Intermittent
  2. Conn Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Giese Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1302147
    Abandoned
  3. Crushing Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Reding's Gravel & Excavating Co. · MSHA ID 1300746
    Intermittent
  4. Stripping #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Stratford Gravel, Inc · MSHA ID 1302423
    Intermittent
  5. Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Reding's Gravel & Excavating Co. · MSHA ID 1302507
    Intermittent
  6. Algona Pesicka Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Erpelding Excavating Enterprise Corporation · MSHA ID 1302490
    Abandoned
  7. Hoien Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hoien Gravel Company · MSHA ID 1300693
    Abandoned
  8. Mark T Mcguire Custom Grading Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mark T Mcguire Custom Grading · MSHA ID 1301813
    Abandoned
  9. Sec 11 Tw94 R 29 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kossuth County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1301309
    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.