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New Buffalo, 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 52411. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Rapids North quadrangle.

New Buffalo 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

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of New Buffalo between 1996 and 2017, burning about 59 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 ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
9 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 June 2012Naturalunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot 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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Linn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of New Buffalo: 13 past producers, 5 producers. 5 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
Lee Crawford Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Modsley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Morgan Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
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
Cedar Rapids Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Francik PitSand 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
Hiawatha1.2 miles18
Linn Junction1.4 miles18
Hiawatha Oak Brook Court1.7 miles18
Sunset Village1.7 miles18
Louisa1.9 miles18
Robins3.2 miles18
Covington3.6 miles16
Cedar Rapids3.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 459470. 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.