Bernina, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50207. It stands on Ballinger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Peoria quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bernina within Mahaska County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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.

1910 USGS Pella quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1912 USGS Pella quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bernina (historical) between 2014 and 2015, burning about 62 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	5

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
9 April 2014	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
9 April 2014	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 April 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
18 April 2014	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
18 March 2015	Debris and open burning	40 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mahaska County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bernina (historical): 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Peoria Quarry No. 1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
South River Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Tunis Goemaat Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Mahaska 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Peoria	4.2 miles	11
Leighton	5.0 miles	11
Granville (historical)	6.1 miles	11
Taintor	6.6 miles	8
Lacey	6.7 miles	7
Olivet	7.3 miles	11
New Sharon	7.4 miles	7
Evans	7.5 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464267. 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.