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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.

Cedar Hills within Linn 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 1996

Regional 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/undetermined4
Natural1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
15 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 June 2012Naturalunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 April 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresSac and Fox AgencyMONTOUR
23 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Linn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Francik PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Freese PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Zinger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Knickerbacher QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lee Crawford Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Modsley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Morgan Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Otis QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shaefer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Linn 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hometown-Cedar Terrace1.0 miles16
Grand View Village1.4 miles16
Covington2.6 miles16
Beverly Depot (historical)2.9 miles16
Linn Junction3.3 miles18
West Cedar Rapids3.9 miles16
Fairfax4.3 miles15
New Buffalo4.7 miles18

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.