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Polk County, Iowa

Southwest Fifth Street Bridge, 2 km (1 mile)
Interchange 135, 7 km (4 miles)
Interchange 142, 13 km (8 miles)
Interchange 126, 14 km (9 miles)

Dallas County, Iowa

Interchange 121, 16 km (10 miles)
Interchange 110, 33 km (21 miles)
Wiscotta Bridge, 47 km (29 miles)

Madison County, Iowa

McBride Covered Bridge, 32 km (20 miles)
Miller Bridge, 33 km (21 miles)
Holliwell Covered Bridge, 41 km (26 miles)
Harmon Tunnel, 50 km (31 miles)
Morgan Bridge, 54 km (34 miles)

Jasper County, Iowa

Interchange 155, 33 km (21 miles)

Marion County, Iowa

Wabash Railroad Bridge, 63 km (39 miles)

Clarke County, Iowa

Interchange 33, 64 km (40 miles)

Adair County, Iowa

Interchange 83, 76 km (47 miles)
Interchange 76, 86 km (53 miles)

Poweshiek County, Iowa

Interchange 191, 90 km (56 miles)

Cass County, Iowa

Interchange 60, 111 km (69 miles)
Interchange 51, 126 km (78 miles)

Adams County, Iowa

Snider Bridge, 121 km (75 miles)

Iowa County, Iowa

Interchange 211, 122 km (76 miles)

Montgomery County, Iowa

Nodaway River Bridge, 129 km (80 miles)

Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Interchange 40, 143 km (89 miles)
Interchange 29, 161 km (100 miles)
Interchange 17, 173 km (107 miles)
Interchange 47, 189 km (117 miles)
Interchange 71, 190 km (118 miles)
Interchange 66, 191 km (119 miles)
Interchange 54B, 194 km (120 miles)
Interchange 53A, 195 km (121 miles)
Mormon Bridge, 197 km (122 miles)

Mills County, Iowa

Nishnabotna River Bridge, 165 km (103 miles)
Interchange 35, 194 km (120 miles)

Fremont County, Iowa

Interchange 24, 198 km (123 miles)
Interchange 20, 202 km (126 miles)
Interchange 10, 207 km (129 miles)

Buildings in Polk County, Iowa

Des Moines Fire and Rescue Department Station 4, 1 km (1 mile)
Des Moines Fire and Rescue Department Station 6, 3 km (2 miles)
Des Moines Fire and Rescue Department Station 2, 3 km (2 miles)
Des Moines Women's Residential Correctional Facility, 3 km (2 miles)
Des Moines Fire and Rescue Department Station 7, 4 km (3 miles)
Des Moines Fire and Rescue Department Station 3, 4 km (3 miles)
Des Moines International Airport Fire Department, 7 km (4 miles)
Northern Warren Fire Department, 7 km (4 miles)
Des Moines Work Release Center, 8 km (5 miles)
Johnston Fire Department, 11 km (7 miles)
Camp Dodge Fire Department, 13 km (8 miles)
Bondurant Fire Department, 18 km (11 miles)
Mitchellville Fire Department, 24 km (15 miles)
Runnells - Camp Township Fire Department, 24 km (15 miles)
Elkhart Fire Department, 24 km (15 miles)

Buildings in Warren County, Iowa

Norwalk Fire and Rescue Department, 12 km (8 miles)
Martensdale Fire and Rescue Department, 26 km (16 miles)
Milo Fire and Emergency Medical Services, 37 km (23 miles)
Lacona Fire and Rescue, 49 km (30 miles)

Polk County, Iowa

Camp Dodge, 15 km (9 miles)

Buildings in Dallas County, Iowa

Clive Fire Department Station 2, 15 km (9 miles)
Granger Fire and Rescue Department, 25 km (16 miles)
Van Meter Volunteer Fire Rescue Department, 29 km (18 miles)
Dallas Center Fire and Rescue, 30 km (19 miles)
Redfield Volunteer Fire Department, 48 km (30 miles)
Dexter Volunteer Fire and Rescue, 51 km (32 miles)
Dawson Fire Department, 57 km (36 miles)

Meteorological Stations in Iowa

Des Moines Nexrad, 18 km (11 miles)
Knoxville, 53 km (33 miles)

Dallas County, Iowa

Dallas Center Air Force Station (historical), 28 km (17 miles)
City of Van Meter, population 1,016, 28 km (18 miles)
City of Dallas Center, population 1,623, 32 km (20 miles)
City of De Soto, population 1,050, 33 km (20 miles)
City of Adel, population 3,682, 34 km (21 miles)
City of Woodward, population 1,024, 39 km (24 miles)
City of Minburn, population 365, 39 km (24 miles)
City of Bouton, population 129, 43 km (27 miles)
City of Redfield, population 835, 48 km (30 miles)
City of Dexter, population 611, 50 km (31 miles)
City of Linden, population 199, 54 km (34 miles)

Jasper County, Iowa

City of Valeria, 29 km (18 miles)
City of Prairie City, population 1,680, 32 km (20 miles)
City of Colfax, population 2,093, 33 km (21 miles)
City of Mingo, population 302, 34 km (21 miles)
City of Monroe, population 1,830, 44 km (27 miles)
City of Baxter, population 1,101, 47 km (29 miles)
City of Newton, population 15,254, 50 km (31 miles)
City of Reasnor, population 152, 50 km (31 miles)
City of Kellogg, population 599, 61 km (38 miles)
City of Sully, population 821, 64 km (40 miles)
City of Oakland Acres, population 156, 68 km (42 miles)
City of Lynnville, population 379, 69 km (43 miles)

Buildings in Marion County, Iowa

Pleasantville Emergency Services, 36 km (22 miles)
Columbia Fire Department, 61 km (38 miles)
Indiana Township Fire Department, 64 km (40 miles)

Warren County, Iowa

City of Milo, population 775, 37 km (23 miles)
City of New Virginia, population 489, 46 km (29 miles)

Marion County, Iowa

City of Pleasantville, population 1,694, 37 km (23 miles)
City of Melcher-Dallas, population 1,288, 51 km (32 miles)
City of Pella, population 10,352, 62 km (38 miles)

Story County, Iowa

City of Collins, population 495, 43 km (27 miles)
City of Zearing, population 554, 69 km (43 miles)

Buildings in Story County, Iowa

Collins Fire and Rescue, 43 km (27 miles)
Zearing Fire and Rescue, 69 km (43 miles)

Buildings in Jasper County, Iowa

Monroe Fire Department, 44 km (27 miles)
Newton Correctional Release Center, 47 km (29 miles)
Jasper County Jail, 53 km (33 miles)
Sully Rural Fire and Ambulance, 64 km (40 miles)

Buildings in Marshall County, Iowa

Rhodes Fire Department, 52 km (32 miles)
State Center Fire and Emergency Services, 61 km (38 miles)
Marshall County Jail, 66 km (41 miles)
Laurel Fire Department, 67 km (41 miles)
Clemons Fire Department, 70 km (43 miles)

Marshall County, Iowa

City of Melbourne, population 830, 58 km (36 miles)
City of Laurel, population 239, 67 km (41 miles)

Guthrie County, Iowa

City of Stuart, population 1,648, 59 km (37 miles)
City of Panora, population 1,124, 63 km (39 miles)
City of Jamaica, population 224, 64 km (40 miles)
City of Yale, population 246, 65 km (40 miles)
City of Menlo, population 353, 66 km (41 miles)

Boone County, Iowa

City of Ogden, population 2,044, 60 km (37 miles)
City of Fraser, population 102, 66 km (41 miles)

Buildings in Union County, Iowa

Lorimor Emergency Medical Trained First Responders and Fire Department, 63 km (39 miles)

Union County, Iowa

City of Lorimor, population 360, 63 km (39 miles)

Buildings in Lucas County, Iowa

Williamson Fire Department, 64 km (40 miles)
Lucas Volunteer Fire Department, 64 km (40 miles)

Lucas County, Iowa

City of Williamson, population 152, 64 km (40 miles)

Buildings in Guthrie County, Iowa

Yale First Responders and Volunteer Fire Department, 64 km (40 miles)

Buildings in Clarke County, Iowa

Woodburn Fire and Rescue Department, 65 km (40 miles)

Clarke County, Iowa

City of Woodburn, population 202, 65 km (40 miles)
City of Murray, population 756, 67 km (42 miles)

Interesting Places on the Map

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Bandanagoda in Western Province, Sri Lanka
Chah-e Dana'i in Ostan-e Khorasan-e Razavi, Iran
Changqing in Sichuan Sheng, China
Chonsan-dong in Hwanghae-namdo, North Korea
Coachman Island, an island in Newfoundland and Labrador
Crooked Creek, a stream in Harding County, South Dakota
Degaga in Oromiya Kilil, Ethiopia
Grassy Ridge Bald, a mountain in Mitchell County, North Carolina
Harding in Bourbon County, Kansas
Ifernane, a dune in Region de Tombouctou, Mali
Kanyaula, a stream in North-Western Province, Zambia
Kenteng in Central Java, Indonesia
Kotkoti-ye Shian in Ostan-e Kermanshah, Iran
Kunshan in Fujian, China
Lyla Lake, a lake in Ontario
Manpur2 in Manpur, Dang, Rapti Zone, Mid Western Region, Nepal

Mehrabad in Ostan-e Esfahan, Iran
Muinga in Cuanza Norte Province, Angola
Nan Figue in Departement du Nord-Ouest, Haiti
Nimfrokrom in Ghana
Oued Ben Nadjar, a wadi in Wilaya de Ain Defla, Algeria
Park Tank, a water tank in Hidalgo County, New Mexico
Porog Mel'nichnyy, a rapids in Irkutskaya Oblast', Russia
Quebrada Achotillal, an intermittent stream in Departamento del Huila, Colombia
Quebrada Los Pilones, an intermittent stream in Estado Guarico, Venezuela
Qāsmi in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Sari Kand-e Sofla in Ostan-e Zanjan, Iran
Semenovka, a stream in Kostromskaya Oblast', Russia
South Greasy Creek, a stream in Upshur County, Texas
Tyumenevskiy in Tambovskaya Oblast', Russia
Wasimegu in Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea

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