BlockOak Hills, Iowa
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52601. The Survey maps it on the West Burlington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1934 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS West Burlington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hills between 2013 and 2020, burning about 52 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Oak Hills: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington Quarries | Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Granite Brick Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Spring Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kemper Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Miller-Ervin Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Bietsch Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Prospect Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sullivan Slough Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Spring Grove | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Kemper | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Skunk River | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Burlington | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| West Burlington | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Beaverdale | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Augusta | 6.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2804186. 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.