Brunsville, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51031. The Survey maps it on the Brunsville quadrangle. 129 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,266 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBrunsville fell from 151 to 129 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 | 151 | |
| 2020 | 129 | -22 (-15%) |
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
- 1969 USGS Brunsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Sioux City North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Brunsville between 2006 and 2011, burning about 11 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 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 180TH ST., IA |
| 15 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 November 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Brunsville: 8 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H A Ludwig | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hoss | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Howes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tritz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brunsville in 20 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 11 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Hail | Brunsville | - | Hail was mostly dime to nickel size, but some stones were as big as a quarter. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Brunsville | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Brunsville | - | Hail varied from dime to nickel size. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Brunsville | - | Most hail was nickel-sized, but a few quarter size hailstones were mixed in for a couple minutes. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunsville | - | Estimated 60 mph wind gusts were accompanied by large hail. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Brunsville | - | Large hail was accompanied by 60 mph wind gusts. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunsville | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including trees blown down. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Brunsville | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding of Mink Creek near Brunsville, and caused flooding of roads and fields in the Brunsville and Le Mars areas. The flooding isolated two homes in Brunsville. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunsville | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several 6 to 10 inch diameter branches blown down. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunsville | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. The winds were accompanied by quarter size hail. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Brunsville | - | Quarter size hail was accompanied by 60 mph wind gusts. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunsville | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a few branches blown down. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Brunsville | - | Heavy rain caused street flooding. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunsville | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several limbs blown down. |
| September 2007 | Flash Flood | Brunsville | - | Over 3 inches of rain caused flooding of streets. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Brunsville | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Brunsville | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Brunsville | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Brunsville | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Brunsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Le Mars | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Mammen | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Crathorne | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Parkview Terrace | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Le Mars | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Plymouth (historical) | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Merrill | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Craig | 6.3 miles | 9 |
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 Brunsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1947669 | 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 454876. 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.




