Bloomfield, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Bloomfield City. It lies in ZIP code area 52537. The Survey maps it on the Bloomfield North quadrangle. 2,682 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 873 feet above sea level.
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On record in Bloomfield
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 8 records
James B. Weaver HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1975
Bloomfield Public Librarylisted 2015
Bloomfield Squarelisted 1976
Davis County Courthouselisted 1974
William Findley Houselisted 1978
Asa Wilson Houselisted 1982
Henry Wishard Houselisted 2004- Trimble-Parker Historic Farmstead Districtlisted 2003
Population over time
2 figuresBloomfield grew from 2,640 to 2,682 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,640 | |
| 2020 | 2,682 | +42 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Ottumwa South quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Bloomfield North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Bloomfield between 2006 and 2020, burning about 527 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2017 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 51 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 67 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 63 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bloomfield in 63 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 25 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 8 heavy rain, 3 tornado. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $1,000,000 | KMEM Radio reported that the Davis County Courthouse and several businesses had shattered windows and a local high school had a partial roof collapse. Damage was caused by combination of wind and hail. |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F3) | Bloomfield | $550,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $150,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Bloomfield | $150,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $100,000 | Public report of trees and power lines down and traffic light bent within the city of Bloomfield. Also observed pea to quarter sized hail. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Bloomfield | $75,000 | One to three feet of water covered the streets. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $75,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Flood | Bloomfield | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $25,000 | A few large trees, between 12 and 18 inches in diameter, were blown down along with several large tree limbs of 6 to 10 inch diameter, throughout the town of Bloomfield. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Bloomfield | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Bloomfield | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Bloomfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Lightning | Bloomfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bloomfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bloomfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bloomfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bloomfield | $7,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $5,000 | Trained spotter reported telephone pole down/on ground. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Bloomfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Bloomfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Bloomfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Bloomfield | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Bloomfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Bloomfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Hail | Bloomfield | - | Delayed report of hail at the airport. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Bloomfield | - | Public reported quarter sized hail and heavy rainfall. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Bloomfield | - | Law enforcement reported water over Highway 63 north of Bloomfield. Power was also reported out across Bloomfield. Time estimated. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Bloomfield | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 1.91 inches, with most since 4:30am. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | - | Trained spotter reported wind gust. |
| June 2015 | Heavy Rain | Bloomfield | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 3.23 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| November 2015 | Heavy Rain | Bloomfield | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.01 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| May 2013 | Heavy Rain | Bloomfield | - | Rainfall of 2.04 inches in past two days, 1.90 in the past 24 hours. |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Bloomfield | - | Twenty four hour rainfall total of 2.06 inches. |
| October 2012 | Heavy Rain | Bloomfield | - | Coop reported 3.40 inches of rain. Was 48 hour total, but very little fell before Saturday morning. |
| July 2009 | Heavy Rain | Bloomfield | - | Standing water was reported in fields across Davis County. Two feet of ponded waster was reported across old Highway 2 in Bloomfield. |
| July 2008 | Heavy Rain | Bloomfield | - | Rainfall from the overnight storms was 6.9 inches. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Bloomfield | - | Brief tornado touchdown in open fields. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steuben | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Drakesville | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Belknap | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant View (historical) | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Dunnville (historical) | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Shunem | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| West Grove | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Mark | 8.1 miles | 7 |
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 Bloomfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1914630 | 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 454700. 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.





