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Konigsmark, 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.

Konigsmark 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

43 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Konigsmark between 2006 and 2020, burning about 91 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/undetermined19
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 August 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesJEFFERSON-MONROE FD
9 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 July 2007Missing 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Konigsmark: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Knickerbacher 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
Lincolnway Village2.6 miles16
Western3.1 miles14
Kirkwood Estates3.3 miles16
Beverly Depot (historical)3.4 miles16
Perrys Rollin' Homes Manor3.6 miles16
Summit3.9 miles16
Worthington Acres4.4 miles16
West Cedar Rapids4.9 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 Q122593257The 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 458139. 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.