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Mines in Wapello County, Iowa

Wapello County, Iowa has 10 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 9 abandoned. 1 are coal mines and 9 metal or non-metal. 1 miner has died and 7 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2008. Inspectors have issued 296 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Wapello 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 Wapello County →

Mines on register
10
Active
1
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
296
0 underground · 9 surface · 1 facilities 1 coal · 9 metal and non-metal 9 abandoned 7 reported accidents, 1983–2008
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.
Wapello County, Iowa · Population 35,265
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$60,034
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
Douds Stone, LLC 4 0 1
Geotech Sand & Stone, Inc. 1 1 0
Knaak Sand 1 0 0
Mich Coal Company 1 0 0
Midland Brick Company 1 0 0
Mineral Spring Stone 1 0 0
Winn Corp. 1 0 0
Mines in Wapello County10 on register
  1. Stephenson Sand Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Geotech Sand & Stone, Inc. · MSHA ID 1302426
    Active
  2. SHOP
    Facility metal/non-metal · Douds Stone, LLC · MSHA ID 1302213
    Abandoned
  3. Crew Four (4)
    Surface metal/non-metal · Douds Stone, LLC · MSHA ID 1301702
    Abandoned
  4. Wapello County Sand & Rock
    Surface metal/non-metal · Winn Corp. · MSHA ID 1302215
    Abandoned
  5. Portable Wash Plant # 3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Douds Stone LLC · MSHA ID 1302388
    Abandoned
  6. Midland Brick Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · Midland Brick Company · MSHA ID 1300349
    Abandoned
  7. Douds Drilling
    Surface metal/non-metal · Douds Stone LLC · MSHA ID 1300282
    Abandoned
  8. KNAAK SAND
    Surface metal/non-metal · Knaak Sand · MSHA ID 1302194
    Abandoned
  9. Mineral Spring Stone
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mineral Spring Stone · MSHA ID 1302014
    Abandoned
  10. No 4 Mine
    Surface coal · Mich Coal Company · MSHA ID 1301455
    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.