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Vernon View, Iowa

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Bertram Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52403. It stands on Wanatee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bertram quadrangle.

Vernon View within Linn County

On record in Vernon View

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Vernon View between 2009 and 2014, burning about 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1

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
6 May 2014Smoking2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resources617 7TH AVE, IOWA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Linn County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Vernon View: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Cedar Rapids Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cedar Rapids QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Decious QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hartl QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Otis QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
River Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Bertram2.7 miles15
Otis3.1 miles15
East Rapids3.7 miles16
Marion4.3 miles17
Worthington Acres4.3 miles16
Cedar Rapids4.4 miles18
Lindale Manor4.8 miles18
Summit4.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 462558. 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.