Bronson, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Floyd Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51007. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lawton quadrangle. 294 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,122 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBronson fell from 322 to 294 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 322 | |
| 2020 | 294 | -28 (-9%) |
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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Sioux City South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Bronson between 2008 and 2014, burning about 228 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1900 OLD HWY 141 BRONSON, IA 51007, IA |
| 21 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1750 EMMETT AVE, BRONSON, IA, IA |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 95 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1637 170TH ST., SGT. BLUFF, IA |
| 12 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2163 220TH ST., BRONSON, IA |
| 6 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bronson in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 17 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF2) | Bronson | $500,000 | The tornado spun up two miles northeast of Bronson along 190th Street, around one mile west of the intersection with Emmett Ave, where it ripped a portion of the roof off a single family home and damaged an outbuilding, with debris sent 100 yards to the north into a field. The tornado continued northeast across open fields until it hit two large metal utility transmission towers, and deposited the electric lines across U.S. Highway 20, resulting in the closure of U.S. Highway 20 east of Lawton for two days. The tornado crossed U.S. Highway 20 less than a mile east of Lawton, then made a more northward turn. As the tornado approached Fayette Avenue, it impacted multiple farmsteads with damage to a few barns and sheds, as well as broken and snapped tree limbs. A machine shed at one farmstead was completely destroyed along with a concrete silo and lean-to shed. Multiple power poles were snapped along 140th Street. Minor damage was also noted to shingles on a couple single family homes.|The tornado eventually lifted near the intersection of 110th Street and Fayette Avenue. The average path width was 75 yards and the maximum estimated wind speed was 130 mph. Property damage costs are a rough estimate. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Bronson | $500,000 | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronson | $25,000 | Roofing material on several hoop barns was damaged. Property damage costs are a rough estimate. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronson | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage and blew down numerous power poles and lines. |
| July 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Bronson | $5,000 | A brief tornado destroyed one outbuilding, damaged another outbuilding, and scattered fence posts. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Bronson | - | Hail varied from pea to nickel size. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronson | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including numerous branches blown down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronson | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 8 inch diameter branches blown down. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronson | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down. The winds also moved lawn furniture and large flower pots. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Bronson | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Bronson | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Bronson | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Bronson | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Bronson | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Bronson | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Bronson | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Bronson | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Bronson | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Bronson | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Bronson | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Bronson | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Bronson | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronson | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Bronson | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Bronson | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawton | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Luton | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Glen Ellen | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sergeant Bluff | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Estates West | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Salix | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Climbing Hill | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Morningside | 8.7 miles | 12 |
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 Bronson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1933856 | The 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 454840. 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.
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.




