Bangor, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Bangor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50258. The Survey maps it on the Union quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Union quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bangor between 2009 and 2019, burning about 165 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bangor: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Clemons Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Humphreys Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Penfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bangor in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Bangor | $50,000 | This is a multiple segment tornado with two segments that passed through portions of Marshall and Hardin counties. This is the first segment in Marshall county. As the first tornado from this supercell began to occlude and pull NE, a second tornado appears to have formed a mile to the south and east. A path of more intense damage was noted on a survey that began just north of Marble Road between Eastman and Fredrick Ave. The tornado grazed three farmsteads, causing mostly tree and some outbuilding damage. As the tornado moved into an area with more trees around mile three of its path, convergent wind patterns were noted on the ground survey to the north and south of the track, with a 100-150 yard wide path through a line of trees along a creek east of U Ave. After crossing Ingram Ave, the tornado caused roof damage to at least one outbuilding. The tornado then moved in Hardin county. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bangor | $3,000 | Tree fell and took out a power line near Bangor. |
| May 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Bangor | - | Trained spotter reported a funnel cloud. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Bangor | - | Trained spotter reported dime to quarter sized hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minerva | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bromley | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Liscomb | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Clemons | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Moningers | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Anthony | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Albion | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Illinois Grove | 7.0 miles | 9 |
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 Bangor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4855527 | 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 454344. 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.




