Bricker, Iowa

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52639. The Survey maps it on the Nauvoo quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bricker within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

1936 USGS Fort Madison quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Nauvoo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Bricker (historical) between 2009 and 2018, burning about 106 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/undetermined	3
Debris and open burning	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
21 April 2018	Debris and open burning	100 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
21 March 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
19 March 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	2050 238TH ST., IA
19 March 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bricker (historical): 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Molybdenum, 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
Fort Madison Conversion Mo Plant	Molybdenum	Producer
Graner Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Brockman Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Lee 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
Jeffersonville (historical)	2.4 miles	15
New Boston	2.8 miles	12
Viele	2.8 miles	15
Mount Clare	3.6 miles	15
Montrose	3.7 miles	15
Bullard (historical)	3.8 miles	15
Charleston	4.1 miles	12
Bluff Park	4.3 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464345. 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.