Buckingham, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Buckingham Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50612. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buckingham quadrangle. It stands 899 feet above sea level.
On record in Buckingham
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Round Barn, Buckingham Townshiplisted 1986
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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
- 1963 USGS Buckingham quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Marshalltown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Buckingham between 2011 and 2017, burning about 5 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 | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 370 AVE 180 ST, IA |
| 22 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 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 Buckingham: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buckingham in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Buckingham | $25,000 | Visually striking tornado moved through rural areas of Tama county. Debris was noted, farmstead was damaged, and numerous crops damaged. Track was well captured by satellite overflight. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckingham | $20,000 | Iowa DOT reported power lines down along Highway 63 at mile marker 144. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckingham | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Buckingham | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Buckingham | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Buckingham | $3,000 | Emergency manager reported their truck sustained hail damage from hail just under golf ball size just south of the Black Hawk and Tama county lines on S Ave. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Buckingham | $1,000 | Brief touchdown in open country. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckingham | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Buckingham | - | Relayed through broadcast media, with time of occurrence estimated by radar. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Buckingham | - | Media reported hail up to golf ball in size. Time estimated from radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckingham (historical) | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Traer | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| West Union (historical) | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Dinsdale | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Mooreville (historical) | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Dysart | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Clutier | 12.9 miles | 9 | |
| Lincoln | 12.9 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 Buckingham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4983191 | 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 454939. 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.



