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Bryantsburg, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Hazleton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50641. The Survey maps it on the Hazleton quadrangle.

Bryantsburg within Buchanan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

17 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Bryantsburg between 2006 and 2018, burning about 105 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning5
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2015Debris and open burning50 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2015Debris and open burning18 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 March 2015Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 March 2017Smoking5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Buchanan County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bryantsburg: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hazleton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mishler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oelwein QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Buchanan County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hazleton3.2 miles12
Otterville5.1 miles12
Stanley6.8 miles12
Littleton6.9 miles9
Independence7.4 miles11
Doris8.1 miles11
Fairbank8.7 miles9
Wise8.9 miles9

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 BryantsburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4980636The 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 454909. 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.