Cedar Hills, Iowa
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cedar Rapids City. It lies in ZIP code area 52405. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Rapids South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1887 USGS Cedar Rapids quadrangle1:62500
- 1891 USGS Cedar Rapids quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Fairfax quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Cedar Rapids South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Iowa City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Cedar Rapids South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Hills between 1996 and 2017, burning about 28 acres in total. 1 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 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 June 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Sac and Fox Agency | MONTOUR |
| 23 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Hills: 9 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francik Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Freese Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Zinger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Knickerbacher Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lee Crawford Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Modsley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Morgan Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Otis Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Shaefer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hometown-Cedar Terrace | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Grand View Village | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Covington | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Beverly Depot (historical) | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Linn Junction | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| West Cedar Rapids | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Fairfax | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| New Buffalo | 4.7 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455245. 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.








