Capitol Heights, Iowa

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Delaware Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50317. The Survey maps it on the Des Moines NE quadrangle.

Capitol Heights within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1905 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:62500
1907 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Des Moines NE quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Capitol Heights between 2007 and 2009, burning about 21 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
7 June 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
21 June 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
29 April 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
20 February 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Capitol Heights: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Berwick Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Bowser Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Se 22nd St. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bowsher	1.2 miles	16
Country Estate Village	1.7 miles	16
Norwoodville	2.3 miles	16
Berwick	2.5 miles	16
Easton Place	2.9 miles	16
White Oak	3.0 miles	16
Altoona	3.0 miles	12
Pleasant Hill	3.4 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455157. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.