Where is ZIP 52402 in relation to the city centre?
The centre of ZIP 52402 lies about 2.9 km south-west of the point used as the middle of Cedar Rapids. That is a straight-line distance from the centroid of the city's postal areas, and it is the closest of the city ZIPs to the middle of the city on this site's map.
Its nearest neighbour on the map is ZIP 52406, about 1.8 km away, and the town of Hiawatha is close by as well. Those relationships are about position only. They do not describe the streets, the buildings or the ground in between.
What do the city's flood records say about this ZIP?
The City of Cedar Rapids states that the 2008 flood water covered about 10 square miles, or 14 percent of the city. The city's flood facts give the crest of 31.12 feet on June 13, 2008. Those figures describe the city as a whole, and they are not broken down by postal area.
Anyone with a question about whether a property at this ZIP sat inside the flood footprint should ask the City of Cedar Rapids building and floodplain office, which answers questions about floodplain land and repairs.
How does a call from 52402 reach a crew?
A call from this ZIP is taken on the same 24/7 line as every other call in the city. The line asks first about people and power: whether anyone is in the water, whether a panel or outlet is wet, and whether the water is rising or has stopped.
A crew is sent as soon as one is free, and the wait depends on how many other calls are open. No arrival time is promised, and the price is explained and approved on site before work starts.
What is not known about this part of the city?
No neighbourhood name is sourced for ZIP 52402, so this page does not name one. The housing age, the number of homes and the building types in the ZIP are not given here, because the sources for this site do not provide them.
A homeowner should expect the crew to measure the property on arrival and to base its drying plan on those readings rather than on any general picture of the area.