University Heights, Iowa
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Iowa City City. It lies in ZIP code area 52246. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Iowa City West quadrangle. 1,228 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 764 feet above sea level.
On record in University Heights
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Billingsley-Hills Houselisted 1983 · 0.4 miles away
Melrose Historic Districtlisted 2004 · 0.6 miles away
Wilbur D. and Hattie Cannon Houselisted 1994 · 0.6 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresUniversity Heights grew from 1,051 to 1,228 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,051 | |
| 2020 | 1,228 | +177 (+17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1891 USGS Iowa City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Fairfax quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Iowa City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Iowa City West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Iowa City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Iowa City West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of University Heights between 2006 and 2017, burning about 65 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2015 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of University Heights: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Sanders Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Showers Sandpit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stevens Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Conklin Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Klein Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Vogel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa City | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Coralville | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Vernon | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Oakdale | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Western Hills Mobine Estates | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Graham (historical) | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Breckenridge Estates | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Tiffin | 6.6 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on University Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2239924 | The 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 462482. 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.








