Buck Creek, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Dayton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50674. The Survey maps it on the Sumner SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Sumner SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Buck Creek between 2010 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 1 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 May 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 3281 200TH STREET SUMNER, IA 50674, IOWA |
| 23 April 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1781 VIKING AVE SUMNER, IA 50674, IA |
| 31 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 230TH AND TIMBER AVE, IA |
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 Buck Creek: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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.
Storms near this place
10 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buck Creek in 10 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buck Creek | $200,000 | Narrow but strong area of wind damage in east central Bremer County. Worst damage was on a farmstead (point used for this event). A barn was flattened, multiple trees were snapped, and several empty grain bins were thrown into the trees. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Buck Creek | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Buck Creek | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Buck Creek | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Buck Creek | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Buck Creek | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Buck Creek | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported a tornado east of the Readlyn area. Video and high resolution satellite imagery was used to determine the path of the tornado in eastern Bremer county. The tornado remained mostly in rural agricultural land, but did produce some minor tree damage at a farmstead. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buck Creek | - | Personal weather station gust to 58. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Buck Creek | - | Law enforcement reported road washed out at 180th st and Y ave. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Buck Creek | - | Law enforcement reported secondary roads just east-northeast of Readlyn covered with water and Highway 3 close to being inundated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miner | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Wapsie | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Spring Fountain | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Readlyn | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Sumner | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Knittel | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Tripoli | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Old Tripoli | 8.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464475. 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.



