Bevington, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Crawford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50033. The Survey maps it on the Saint Charles quadrangle.
On record in Bevington
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 1 record
- Cunningham Bridgelisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1951 USGS St. Charles 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
- 1983 USGS St. Charles quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Bevington between 2009 and 2015, burning about 14 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 | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
28 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bevington in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 5 funnel cloud, 3 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Flood | Bevington | $100,000 | The county Sheriff reported that county roads are flooding and quickly becoming impassable near creeks and streams or in low-lying areas across the county. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bevington | $50,000 | A garage was destroyed by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bevington | $25,000 | Minor roof damage to a house and warehouse as the tornado dissipated. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Bevington | $10,000 | Water was reported over 10th Ave from Badger Creek. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Bevington | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bevington | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bevington | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Bevington | $2,000 | A Tornadic Debris Signature was observed on radar with this tornado confirming its existence along with damage provided by the Dallas County EMA. Damage was mainly to trees in Madison County. This tornado then moved into far southeast Dallas County. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bevington | $2,000 | Trained spotter reported 8 inch diameter tree down covering the road, along with nickel sized hail. They estimated winds to be around 60 mph. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bevington | $2,000 | Six inch diameter tree branch down across the road. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bevington | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Bevington | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bevington | - | Report via personal weather station. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bevington | - | A trained spotter reported a 75 mph wind gust. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bevington | - | A trained spotter reported a 75 mph wind gust. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Bevington | - | Trained spotter reported ponding in low lying and poor drainage areas, including water over many of the secondary roads across Madison county. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bevington | - | Trained spotter reported winds estimated 50 to 60 mph. |
| July 2016 | Heavy Rain | Bevington | - | Mesonet station recorded heavy rainfall of 4.98 inches. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Bevington | - | Trained spotter reported penny sized hail. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Bevington | - | Rainfall total for the past 24 hours was 4.46 inches. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Bevington | - | Rainfall total for the 24 hour period was 6.70 inches. |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Bevington | - | Brief funnel was spotted west of Bevington on Highway 92. |
| June 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Bevington | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Bevington | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Bevington | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Bevington | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Bevington | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Bevington | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Charles | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Hanley | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Tileville | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| McBride | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Truro | 10.8 miles | 9 | |
| East Peru | 11.7 miles | 9 | |
| Buffalo (historical) | 11.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454592. 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.
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.






