BlockBrookdale, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51108. The Survey maps it on the Sioux City North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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
- 1963 USGS Sioux City North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Sioux City North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Sioux City North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Brookdale (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 70 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 1999 | Fireworks | under an acre | North Sioux Volunteer Fire Department | DAKOTA DUNES |
| 5 July 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | North Sioux Volunteer Fire Department | I-29 MM 4 |
| 4 July 2005 | Fireworks | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 26 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 101 COTTS |
| 13 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HOFFMAN RD |
| 16 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 1001 RIVER DRIVE |
| 8 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DOG WOOD |
| 29 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:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Brookdale (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464096. 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.