Major Iron-Producing Areas in North America
North AmericaEconomicLocations of major iron-producing areas in North America
USGSA world map shows major iron-producing areas (shaded red) in North America. In Canada: eastern Quebec near Labrador, Vancouver Island, and British Columbia. In the United States: Northern New York, eastern Pennsylvania, Alabama, and Minnesota.
Major Iron-Producing Areas in North America | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Specialty crop or livestock farming | Mixed farming | Commercial wheat and other small grain farming | Dairy farming | General farming | Livestock ranching | Irrigated agriculture | Mediterranean agriculture (with irrigation) | Nonfarming | |
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British Columbia | 1 | |||||||||||||
Arizona | 5 | 1 | 55.8% | 1.74% | ||||||||||
Utah | 2 | 80.7% | 5.63% | 1.50% | ||||||||||
District of Columbia | 93.5% | 6.49% | ||||||||||||
Florida | 31 | 6 | 52.7% | |||||||||||
Idaho | 1 | 80.1% | 1.68% | 3.82% | ||||||||||
New Hampshire | 2 | 94.9% | 5.10% | |||||||||||
Rhode Island | 3.91% | |||||||||||||
Vermont | 1 | 99.4% | ||||||||||||
Washington | 1 | 2.54% | 6.88% | 28.9% | 1.54% | |||||||||
Wyoming | 15 | 3 | 95.3% | 3.25% | ||||||||||
Montana | 8 | 4 | 13.8% | 79.9% | 1.03% | |||||||||
Maine | 11.2% | 78.0% | 10.3% | |||||||||||
North Dakota | 38 | 6 | 5 | 97.2% | 2.79% | |||||||||
Kentucky | 87 | 26 | 2 | 4.50% | 95.5% | |||||||||
Nova Scotia | 36.7% | 19.0% | ||||||||||||
Virginia | 28 | 8 | 1.66% | 7.48% | 37.3% | |||||||||
Delaware | 3 | 99.2% | ||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 98.5% | |||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 7 | 44.8% | ||||||||||||
Mississippi | 162 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 100% | |||||||||
West Virginia | 4 | 2.88% | 97.1% | |||||||||||
Nebraska | 67 | 13 | 7 | 46.2% | 15.2% | 29.5% | 3.16% | 1.83% | ||||||
Texas | 193 | 46 | 7 | 45.6% | 41.0% | 1.75% | ||||||||
Missouri | 95 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 12.6% | 41.5% | 45.8% | |||||||
Louisiana | 93 | 15 | 2 | 98.0% | 1.56% | |||||||||
North Carolina | 54 | 12 | 83.7% | 16.0% | ||||||||||
Oregon | 2 | 10.4% | 1.98% | 53.5% | 1.61% | |||||||||
New Brunswick | 4.59% | 69.9% | 15.9% | 9.03% | ||||||||||
Alabama | 1.64% | 149 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 100% | ||||||||
New Mexico | 7 | 1.35% | 94.7% | 1.16% | ||||||||||
Kansas | 82 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 20.9% | 64.6% | 5.63% | 8.39% | ||||||
Wisconsin | 32 | 11 | 3.92% | 95.5% | ||||||||||
New Jersey | 2 | 1 | 65.3% | 34.4% | ||||||||||
South Carolina | 46 | 15 | 1 | 99.9% | ||||||||||
Michigan | 3.89% | 20 | 3 | 5.98% | 64.0% | |||||||||
Alberta | 9 | 14.2% | 16.7% | 1.37% | ||||||||||
Connecticut | 99.9% | |||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | 31 | 3 | 1.55% | 88.8% | 9.67% | ||||||||
Colorado | 25 | 3 | 17.8% | 67.2% | 9.64% | 3.65% | ||||||||
Nevada | 95.3% | |||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 2 | 1 | 98.2% | |||||||||||
Georgia | 90 | 31 | 4 | 99.9% | ||||||||||
New York | 4.91% | 17 | 1 | 2.90% | 6.80% | |||||||||
Maryland | 8 | 1 | 35.0% | 33.2% | 11.4% | |||||||||
Québec | 30 | 1 | 1.00% | 1.28% | ||||||||||
Manitoba | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14.1% | 4.24% | ||||||||
Oklahoma | 104 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 67.7% | 1.43% | 15.1% | 9.41% | 6.32% | |||||
Tennessee | 82 | 27 | 8 | 42.6% | 57.4% | |||||||||
Ontario | 46 | 1 | 1.82% | 8.82% | 2.80% | |||||||||
California | 3 | 30.0% | 2.07% | 42.1% | 4.51% | |||||||||
Arkansas | 105 | 23 | 4 | 74.6% | 7.82% | 2.70% | ||||||||
South Dakota | 47 | 7 | 4 | 25.4% | 18.2% | 56.3% | ||||||||
Ohio | 42 | 7 | 3 | 12.6% | 39.3% | 48.1% | ||||||||
Indiana | 58 | 18 | 1 | 67.6% | 32.4% | |||||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | 60 | 11 | 4 | 17.0% | 7.67% | 56.4% | |||||||
Iowa | 86 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 99.5% | |||||||||
Illinois | 108 | 21 | 6 | 1.38% | 89.2% | 2.58% | 6.84% | |||||||
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