BlockBrushy, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50532. The Survey maps it on the Evanston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1923 USGS Lehigh quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Evanston quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Carroll quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Carroll quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Brushy in 2013, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 January 2013 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Brushy: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone. 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 | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Black Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hoover Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hudson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hudson/Otho Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brushy in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Hail | Brushy | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Brushy | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brushy | - | Trees and crops damaged. |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Brushy | - | This tornado was discovered using high resolution satellite imagery. The tornado started just east of the Brushy Creek State Preserve with a short path in rural Webster County before crossing into Hamilton County. No damage was reported in Webster County, hence the EFU rating for this segment. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Brushy | - | Trained spotter report of golf ball sized hail. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Brushy | - | Public reported quarter sized hail. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Brushy | - | Trained spotter reported penny sized hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evanston | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Duncombe | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Border Plains | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Judd | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Flugstad (historical) | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Lehigh | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Coalville | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Kalo | 6.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454896. 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.