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Bonair, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Vernon Springs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52155. The Survey maps it on the Cresco NW quadrangle.

Bonair within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

Fires near this place

7 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Bonair between 2007 and 2019, burning about 91 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 April 2019Debris and open burning6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2019Debris and open burning35 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 April 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2014Debris and open burning39 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 October 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bonair: 7 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Eckerman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dotzler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Eckerman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stinger QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Winekoff QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Howard County

Storms near this place

6 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonair in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2017Thunderstorm WindBonair$15,000Numerous trees were blown down and portable farm augers were tipped over southeast of Lime Springs.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindBonair$5,000Part of a metal roof from an outbuilding was blown off east of Lime Springs.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBonair$5,000no account filed
September 2016Tornado (EF0)Bonair$200A tornado briefly touched down southeast of Lime Springs with little to no damage reported.
August 2014HailBonair-Quarter sized hail fell near Bonair.
July 2007HailBonair-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Howard 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Forest City (historical)5.0 miles7
Cresco5.0 miles7
Lime Springs5.0 miles7
Lidtke Mill5.4 miles7
Vernon Springs5.7 miles7
Florenceville6.2 miles7
Davis Corners6.6 miles7
Schley8.3 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454742. 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.