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Kirkwood Estates, 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 52404. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Rapids South quadrangle.

Kirkwood Estates 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

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Kirkwood Estates between 2006 and 2018, burning about 5 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
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
17 June 2014Smokingunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2014Smoking2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 May 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 March 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Kirkwood Estates: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Cedar Rapids Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schultz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Otis QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
River Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, 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
Lincolnway Village0.9 miles16
Perrys Rollin' Homes Manor0.9 miles16
Summit1.0 miles16
Worthington Acres1.2 miles16
Otis2.3 miles15
East Rapids2.5 miles16
West Cedar Rapids2.5 miles16
Konigsmark3.3 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122547946The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2046922. 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.