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Bradgate, Iowa

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Avery Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50520. The Survey maps it on the Bradgate quadrangle. 75 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,125 feet above sea level.

Bradgate within Humboldt County

Population over time

2 figures

Bradgate fell from 86 to 75 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.

YearPeople Change
201086
202075-11 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Bradgate between 2006 and 2017, burning about 52 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1

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 July 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bradgate: 3 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Gilmore City Quarry and PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Bradgate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
EricksonStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gilmore Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bradgate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carpenter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hallett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
ZeamanSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Humboldt County

Storms near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bradgate in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 15 injuries. 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
May 2004Tornado (F2)Bradgate15 hurt, $2,500,000Tornado intensified as it approached Bradgate. Seventy five percent of the town was damaged or destroyed by the tornado which was one half mile wide as it moved through.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBradgate$50,000High winds blew down outbuildings, grain bins, and trees.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBradgate$20,000Trained spotter reported multiple power poles down. Time radar estimated.
October 2007FloodBradgate$10,000no account filed
August 2004HailBradgate$10,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindBradgate$5,000no account filed
May 2013HailBradgate$3,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindBradgate$2,000no account filed
May 2005HailBradgate$1,000no account filed
May 2019Tornado (EFU)Bradgate-Relatively weak tornado was captured on video and remained in open rural areas. Rated EF-Unknown as no damage indicators were impacted.
June 2014HailBradgate-no account filed
July 2010Funnel CloudBradgate-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Humboldt 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
Gilmore City5.3 miles9
Ottosen6.7 miles8
Rutland7.1 miles8
Unique7.1 miles8
Bode8.2 miles8
Pioneer City10.4 miles9
Arnold11.6 miles8
Humboldt12.2 miles11

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 BradgateAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1933784The 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 454799. 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.