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North Cedar, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Cedar Falls City. It lies in ZIP code area 50613. It stands on Snag Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Falls quadrangle.

North Cedar within Black Hawk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 12 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 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of North Cedar between 2002 and 2011, burning about 77 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 June 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources310 ST. SPRUCE AVE, IA
23 March 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
18 March 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 November 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Black Hawk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of North Cedar: 13 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stead Bros. and Guenther Clay PitClayPast Producer
Waterloo and Cedar Falls Brick Co.ClayPast Producer
Assink Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dobbs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Black Hawk County

Storms near this place

11 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Cedar in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008Thunderstorm WindNorth Cedar$100,000Numerous recreational vehicles in a dealership were destroyed. This was likely due to straight line winds.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindNorth Cedar$20,000Public report of a large tree crushing a pickup truck. Time estimated via radar.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindNorth Cedar$15,000Blinding rain, along with small hail was reported. Three inch tree branches were blown down.
May 2011HailNorth Cedar$3,000no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindNorth Cedar$2,000KWWL relayed images of uprooted tree and gazebo damage. Time estimated from radar.
July 2020HailNorth Cedar-KWWL relayed a report of nickel sized hail. Time and location estimated via radar.
June 2020Heavy RainNorth Cedar-Trained spotter measured 2.4 inches of rain. Beginning time estimated by radar.
September 2018Flash FloodNorth Cedar-KWWL relayed images of street flooding in Cedar Falls. The water appeared to be fairly rapidly moving in the image.
June 2016Heavy RainNorth Cedar-Public reported heavy rainfall of 3.25 inches between midnight and 8am. Reported via social media.
August 2015Heavy RainNorth Cedar-Public reported heavy rainfall of 3.60 inches.
December 2015Heavy RainNorth Cedar-KWWL reported heavy rainfall of 5.62 inches storm total. Report originally from public, relayed by KWWL.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Cedar City1.3 miles12
Norris Siding1.4 miles12
Cedar Falls1.9 miles12
Lamplighter Villa2.1 miles12
Castle Hill4.2 miles12
Benson4.7 miles9
Boies (historical)5.9 miles12
Glasgow (historical)6.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 459569. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.