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Crestwood, Iowa

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50324. It stands on North Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Des Moines SW quadrangle.

Crestwood within Polk County

On record in Crestwood

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Crestwood between 2006 and 2015, burning about 46 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/undetermined6

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
6 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources47753 127TH, IA
4 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined24 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources400 BLOCK OF SE 37TH ST. GRIMES, IA 50111, IA
13 January 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 Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Crestwood: 6 producers, 4 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Can-Tex Industries West PitClayProducer
Iowa Clay Pipe Co. PitClayPast Producer
Marquette Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Penn-Dixie Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
West Des Moines Plant #8Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Des Moines North Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnston Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
West Des Moines Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Clive0.6 miles16
Windsor Heights0.6 miles16
Urbandale1.4 miles17
West Des Moines2.0 miles16
Valley Junction2.6 miles16
Lovington3.1 miles17
Ashawa3.3 miles11
Rider (historical)4.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 455717. 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.