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Louisa, Iowa

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cedar Rapids City. It lies in ZIP code area 52402. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Rapids North quadrangle.

Louisa within Linn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

13 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Louisa between 1996 and 2017, burning about 48 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
30 September 2004Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 June 2012Naturalunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2004Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot 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
2 April 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
13 April 2003Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Linn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Louisa: 10 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Otis QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Robins QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shaefer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Aggregates Inc. Site No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Francik PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Freese PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Hiawatha Oak Brook Court0.6 miles18
Hiawatha0.8 miles18
Sunset Village1.1 miles18
New Buffalo1.9 miles18
Cedar Rapids2.0 miles18
Lindale Manor2.2 miles18
Robins2.7 miles18
Linn Junction3.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464630. 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.