Hicks, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It lies in ZIP code area 50669. The Survey maps it on the Reinbeck quadrangle.

Hicks within Black Hawk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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.

1954 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1971 USGS Reinbeck quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Marshalltown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hicks in 2009, burning about 1 acre 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	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
2 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Black Hawk County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hicks: 2 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.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Mohler Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Black Hawk 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
Voorhies	3.4 miles	10
Hudson	5.0 miles	10
Blessing	5.6 miles	10
Cedar Falls Junction	8.2 miles	10
Eagle Center	9.5 miles	10
Orange	10.3 miles	11
Cedar Falls	12.1 miles	12
Benson	12.2 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464577. 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.