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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS State Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2006Regional 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clemons Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Humphreys Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Bromley | - | Video of weak funnel aloft with no apparent connection to the ground. |
| July 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Bromley | - | Public reported a funnel cloud. |
| July 2018 | Tornado (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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clemons | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Minerva | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Anthony | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bangor | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Moningers | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Illinois Grove | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| State Center | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Marietta | 7.3 miles | 9 |
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.




