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Bromley, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Minerva Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50051. It stands on South Minerva Creek. The Survey maps it on the State Center quadrangle.

Bromley within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Bromley between 2006 and 2020, burning about 98 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/undetermined8
Debris and open burning3

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
6 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2019Debris and open burning15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2018Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bromley: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Clemons Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Humphreys PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

3 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bromley in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 2 funnel cloud, 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
October 2023Funnel CloudBromley-Video of weak funnel aloft with no apparent connection to the ground.
July 2018Funnel CloudBromley-Public reported a funnel cloud.
July 2018Tornado (EF0)Bromley-This was a brief tornado east of Clemons remaining in rural agricultural fields. Damage was limited to corn and soybeans. Path found using high resolution satellite imagery.

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Clemons1.4 miles9
Minerva2.2 miles9
Saint Anthony3.5 miles9
Bangor4.2 miles9
Moningers5.1 miles9
Illinois Grove7.0 miles9
State Center7.3 miles9
Marietta7.3 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464470. 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.